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Already this year, to close out the current 2019-20 budget year on June 30, county officials have been forced to draw on one-time reserves. The suit accuses Wells Fargo, Bank of America, US Bank and JP Morgan Chase of prioritizing large loans and bigger companies, instead of processing Paycheck Protection Program loan applications on a first-come, first-served basis. So will funding from the state, most likely. It's actually a spectrum in which some people might have stronger closures right now, but the places that are opening are taking baby steps.". That is why we are trying to preserve what we can,” Kuehl said. There are nearly 43,500 cases and over 1,700 deaths in California. So while there are cuts, they represent only a decrease of $594.2 million, compared to the 2019-2020 budget, which officials close the books on in June. “As always, we will prioritize vital services to the public and our essential role as the safety net for our most vulnerable residents.”.

Four Big Questions About Teaching Kids With Special Needs In The Age Of Coronavirus, A 'Great Big Digital Divide' Is Hampering LA Schools Efforts To Teach Remotely, Despite Free Internet Offers, Some Low-Income Parents Struggle To Get Kids Online For School, The American Civil Liberties Union claims the state is risking the lives of incarcerated Californians during the pandemic, and is suing. But the bad news is that means according to the USC prevalence study, we have about 96% of us that could still get this, and if we open up the wrong way, we could have, by August 1, 95% of us with COVID-19. The uncertainty has prompted many districts to relax their grading policies: What do students and teachers think of new, relaxed grading policies? “We need to speak truth to power,” Ridley-Thomas said. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions. The budget must be adopted by the end of June, ahead of the July 1 start of the new fiscal year. A lot of, , and there was a doubling down on the arts, both as part of a, Anyway, we’re now entering week seven of lockdown in L.A. County. Many residents specifically called for pulling money from the Sheriff’s Department to fund diversion programs and community needs. A Day At The Beach: As L.A. officials set up cooling centers throughout the county, the first heatwave of the year had people flocking to the coast, despite most L.A. beaches remaining closed. He later qualified that he hoped we were weeks away from changing the stay-at-home orders, but that it depended on people social distancing. Gavin Newsom's daily update on California's response to coronavirus, he expressed concern about scenes from Southern California beaches over the weekend, while also saying the state is weeks from reopening. “I want to say the harsh reality of what we’re facing — the midst of a pandemic, the righteous social uprising — it is for these very reasons that we must press on with our really important priorities — to tell those who are testifying and the millions who are not, `We hear you, we’ve been with you all along, we will use our power and our abilities to provide these services to our most vulnerable communities.”’. L.A. County CEO Sachi Hamai today unveiled a new recommended 2020-21 budget that was largely written before the coronavirus pandemic devastated revenues across local governments.