West LA Times

California State Assembly District 62 issued the following announcement on March 16.

As your State Assemblymember, I am working with local health authorities, school districts and other entities to ensure that all are responding together to prevent and address risks associated with coronavirus. And I will quickly let you know if the situation changes.

Current advice is similar to preparing for other viruses:

• Wash hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds.
• Clean your hands often with an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
• Avoid touching eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands.
• Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when coughing or sneezing (or an elbow or shoulder if no tissue is available).  Discard tissue and wash your hands.
• Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
• Stay home and do not come to work if you are sick with respiratory symptoms like fever and cough. 

The latest resources are available from the California Department of Public Health and from the Centers for Disease Control.

Please contact my office if you have any questions or if I can be of service on this or any legislative matter of concern.

-Assemblywoman Autumn Burke

Updates:

March 16, 2020: To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, Mayor Eric Garcetti took action to temporarily close bars, nightclubs, restaurants (except takeout/delivery), entertainment venues, and other establishments in the city of Los Angeles. These orders go into effect on March 16, 2020 and will stay in place until March 31 unless extended. There is no food shortage and grocery stores will remain open. The City of Los Angeles is taking these steps to help protect Angelenos, limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, and avoid putting a dangerous strain on our health care system. For more information, click here.

Guidance for Businesses and Employers

Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program

The SBA will work directly with state Governors to provide targeted, low-interest loans to small businesses and non-profits that have been severely impacted by the Coronavirus (COVID-19). The SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program provides small businesses with working capital loans of up to $2 million that can provide vital economic support to small businesses to help overcome the temporary loss of revenue they are experiencing. 

• Find more information on the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans at: SBA.gov/Disaster.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers the most up-to-date information on COVID-19. This interim guidance is based on what is currently known about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). For updates from CDC, please see the following:

• Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers to Plan and Respond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
• Preventing Stigma Related to COVID-19
• Share Facts about COVID-19
• CDC Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Web page
• Information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Prevention, Symptoms and FAQ

Guidance for Parents Impacted by School Closures

LAUSD: While their school facilities are closed, plans are in place for students to continue to learn during this time, and LAUSD will open 40 Family Resource Centers to provide care for children if families need it. Click here for a list of Family Resource Centers.

Inglewood Unified School District: Effective Monday, March 16, 2020, IUSD schools will be closed to students and visitors for two weeks. The District has created a menu of self-guided learning activities for TK-12 students. Breakfast and lunch meals will be served to children, ages 2-19, in the Inglewood community, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. We will be providing the meals curbside outside of the school cafeterias at the following locations: Woodworth-Monroe School, Hudnall Elementary School, Highland Elementary School, and Oak Street Elementary School. For more information, click here.

Centinela Valley Union High School District: Students will report to school on Monday for student training on Distance Learning, which begins on Wednesday. Schools will offer free breakfast and lunch (pick-up) on Distance Learning dismissal days only, available to all k-12 students, regardless of what school you attend. For more information, click here.

Guidance for Seniors

To ensure older adults continue to get meals in a manner that reduces exposure/risk to #COVID19, all sites that serve congregate meals will transition to home-delivered or packaged/frozen meals. Click here to see interactive map for detailed plans for each site.

Report Price Gouging

Per CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra: A State of Emergency has been declared statewide due to the Coronavirus.  Californians are protected from illegal price gouging on housing, gas, food, and other essential supplies. anyone who has been the victim of price gouging, or who has information regarding potential price gouging, to immediately file a complaint through the Attorney General's website, call (800) 952-5225, or contact their local police

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