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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti wants neighbors to turn in neighboring businesses that don't obey the "safer at home" order. This follows his promise to cut power and water for nonessential businesses that refuse to close during California's order. He wants all residents to turn these businesses in and not to fear that being a rat will get them "stitches."
"You know the old expression about snitches? Well, in this case snitches get rewards," the grinning mayor said at a Tuesday media briefing. "We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe."
The mayor told residents "if you've observed continued violations of the safer at home order, please continue to let us know," after which he pointed to a Los Angeles city website where violations can be reported. It isn't clear what the "rewards" entail; there's no reference to rewards on the violations website. They may be monetary; they may be a simple 'thank you,' or they may be tickets to a Lakers game that isn't going to be played. Nobody knows this, nor when this pandemic will be reduced or assuaged to the point where life returns to a semblance of normal.
Garcetti said business ambassadors had visited 540 non-compliant businesses as of Tuesday afternoon, and 144 of them were visited by Los Angeles police officers to ensure compliance with the order, KCBS said. Four businesses have been referred to the city attorney's office for misdemeanor filings, the station added but no legs nor arms had to be broken at this time.
Last month, Garcetti announced the formation of the "Safer at Home" Business Ambassadors program "which deploys city workers and volunteers with the mayor's Crisis Response Team to businesses that appear to be out of compliance with the emergency order with a goal of securing voluntary compliance. If voluntary compliance is not achieved, the ambassadors will share information with the city attorney and LAPD for follow-up."
Anything else?
Calling nonessential businesses that don't voluntarily shut their doors "irresponsible and selfish," he failed to see how these "nonessential" businesses are essential to the wellbeing of their owners who are in a financial crisis.
The mayor told residents "if you've observed continued violations of the safer at home order, please continue to let us know," after which he pointed to a Los Angeles city website where violations can be reported. It isn't clear what the "rewards" entail; there's no reference to rewards on the violations website. They may be monetary; they may be a simple 'thank you,' or they may be tickets to a Lakers game that isn't going to be played. Nobody knows this, nor when this pandemic will be reduced or assuaged to the point where life returns to a semblance of normal.
Garcetti said business ambassadors had visited 540 non-compliant businesses as of Tuesday afternoon, and 144 of them were visited by Los Angeles police officers to ensure compliance with the order, KCBS said. Four businesses have been referred to the city attorney's office for misdemeanor filings, the station added but no legs nor arms had to be broken at this time.
Last month, Garcetti announced the formation of the "Safer at Home" Business Ambassadors program "which deploys city workers and volunteers with the mayor's Crisis Response Team to businesses that appear to be out of compliance with the emergency order with a goal of securing voluntary compliance. If voluntary compliance is not achieved, the ambassadors will share information with the city attorney and LAPD for follow-up."
Anything else?
Calling nonessential businesses that don't voluntarily shut their doors "irresponsible and selfish," he failed to see how these "nonessential" businesses are essential to the wellbeing of their owners who are in a financial crisis.
Garcetti last week said of those businesses that refuse to comply that "they'll wind up facing misdemeanor charge, and [the Department of Water and Power] will step in and shut off their water and power. You know who you are, you need to stop it. This is your chance to step up and shut it down — because if you don't, we will shut you down."
And while it's understandable why some small business owners want to disobey the rules, Garcetti's measures may help stem the spread of the deadly Chinese Communist virus.
"The easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules," the mayor added.
"The easiest way to avoid a visit is to follow the rules," the mayor added.
Also on Tuesday, Garcetti said the city of Los Angeles saw an 18% increase in coronavirus cases — 215 additional cases for a total of 1,386 — and the county saw a 23% decrease in available hospital beds over the previous two days, KCBS reported.
And it looks as if it's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.
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