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From: Vahid Khorsand <vahid.khorsand@...>
Date: Mon, May 24, 2021 at 8:00 AM
Subject: Mayor's Office May 24th Updates
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Below are updates from the Mayor’s office.

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Key updates

COVID #s: From yesterday’s release from the County Department of Public Health: 175 new cases in the county. There have been a total of 85,618 positives in West Valley communities, an increase of 157 confirmed cases since May 16th.

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Changes to Vaccine Access

The City’s vaccination program is expected to transition entirely to mobile clinics by August 1.

The City will expand the number of mobile units and deploy more agile teams based on community assessments that determine areas with high vulnerability and low vaccination rates. Mobile units will also focus on high traffic locations and special events to meet communities where they are and make it even easier to get vaccinated. This new phase focuses on three primary components:

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• Expanding the mobile program with more agile teams?

• A partnership with Toyota will allow the City to add new van-based mobile vaccination teams that will help reach more neighborhoods and can be deployed to high traffic locations and special events.

• Amplifying strategic deployment

• Building on the existing MOVE model, the Mayor’s Office and the Los Angeles Fire Department will continue to operate in areas with high vulnerability and low vaccine rates, while developing weekly strategic deployment plans that focus on high traffic locations and special events, in collaboration with community groups.?

• Expanding access and incentives

• Mobile clinics will offer more evening and weekend vaccination options, in convenient locations, while working with local partners to provide vaccination incentives.

Scaling down the mass vaccination sites will happen gradually, and these centers will remain open to the public over the next two months. On June 19, the mass vaccination site at Pierce College will close permanently, followed by Los Angeles Southwest College on June 26.?

Projected timeline of other closures: July 3 - Hansen Dam and Cal State LA site closure, July 7 - USC site closure, July 24 - Reassess need for mobile sites,July 31 - Crenshaw Christian Center, Lincoln Park and San Fernando site closure.

Pre-registration is not required, but Angelenos who wish to plan ahead can visit to sign up or find the locations nearest to them.?

Since launching a COVID-19 vaccination program in December, the City has administered over 1,294,249 doses to Angelenos.

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City Budget Adopted

The Los Angeles City Council last week approved the 2021-2022 budget. The Justice Budget makes record-breaking investments in L.A.’s recovery from the pandemic, and lays out a bold, progressive vision for a more just, equitable, and resilient city. The Mayor released his proposed??in April calling for $1 billion to tackle homelessness.?

Key components allocated by City Council:

• Adding $5M to Basic Income Guaranteed: LA Economic Assistance Program (BIG: LEAP) for a total of $29M.
• $10M for the expansion of the Senior Meals Program, in partnership with restaurants in disadvantaged communities. This will most likely function as an extension and remodel of the emergency senior meals program that was formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• $25M for Business Assistance Programs in Disadvantaged Communities with $5M specifically set aside for the implementation of the JEDI (Jobs and Economic Development Incentive) Zones and Good Food Zones Programs
• $30M to fund the expansion of solar energy, energy storage and EV charging stations at City facilities.
• $10M for Utility Assistance Debt Relief
• $10M set aside for Child Care Business Assistance
• $20M for the operation of eight childcare centers in disadvantaged communities
• $75M for deferred maintenance at Recreation and Parks facilities

Other budget breakdowns:

• $362 million for 89 projects and 5,651 total housing units through Proposition HHH;?
• Nearly $200 million for the development of affordable housing, homeless prevention, eviction defense, and other homeless services?
• $57 million for 9 additional CARE+ teams — which now totals one per each Council District — and 11 new regional storage facilities;
• $43 million for Project Roomkey.?
• $75 million in the City’s COVID Emergency Fund to expand the City’s Mobile Outreach for Vaccine Equity (MOVE) program, L.A. Al Fresco, the Small Business and Restaurant Recovery Fund, and steps to help revitalize the tourism and hospitality industries;
• $33 million to expand the City’s Gang Reduction and Youth Development program;
• $24 million for America’s largest guaranteed basic income pilot to date;?
• $18.7 million to fund new programs founded on a Therapeutic and Unarmed Response for Neighborhoods (TURN) and community-based approach to reimagining public safety;
• $8.7 million to employ high-barrier young adults to clean and beautify our communities, as well as $3.5 million to train and pay 1,000 low-income high school students to home-tutor young siblings who have struggled with distance learning;?
• $10 million to the REPAIR Innovation Fund to support racial justice, community intervention, and reconciliation work;
• $3 million to support the Social Equity Program within the City’s Department of Cannabis Regulation and promote equitable ownership and employment within the cannabis industry.
• Cumulative reserves of 11.3%

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More locally, Councilmember Bob Blumenfield and Councilmember John Lee allocated additional funding from the budget to Devonshire PALS, Topanga PALS, and West Valley PALS, which provide safe, year round activities and programing for at-risk youth and helps to foster strong, positive relationships between young people, LAPD, and the community.

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Project Roomkey

The Los Angeles County Emergency Operations Center provides a weekly report on the status of Project Roomkey. The County provides an update every Monday afternoon.?

Here is the report from last week, May 17th. ?

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Forever exists as a collective statement of deep pride and as a promise to push our city forward in a way that leaves no one behind.? With urgent challenges facing our environment and economy, a renewed personal commitment to action is needed now more than ever.?

We are facing a global climate emergency that must be solved with changes right here at home so that we leave behind a safe world for future generations. ?

The City of L.A.’s vision for a just and sustainable future includes securing clean air and water and a stable climate, improving community resilience, expanding access to healthy food and open space, and promoting justice for all—and for the future we want for our children and grandchildren.?

Learn more at

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Become an LA Green Business Ambassador

Do you want to help share the word about the benefits of being a green business and help businesses become certified as green? Would you like to make sure that your NC is supporting businesses that are green or going green??

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The Los Angeles Green Business Ambassador Program is a partnership with?LA Sanitation & Environment?and the?Neighborhood Council Sustainability Alliance.

Visit??to learn more and??to sign up.