News roundup: Poor Mask Compliance On Zuma; State Sets Record Virus Number; Homeless County Up In County But Down In SM
Written by 991KBU on June 13, 2020
Have you been to the beach lately???
No one is wearing masks … or at least practically no one.
Observation ar Zuma Beach … more than 8 out of every 10 people on the boardwalk are not wearing masks.
On the sand … hardly any asks to be seen.
Zero enforcement … even though Los Angeles county requires people to wear masks in public.
So do 14 of the state’s other major urban counties.
Not orange county … the Board of Supervisors there yielded to a mob and revoked the mask order that had been issued by the doctor in charge of the Counties public health department.
That doctor resigned in fear after death threats were made against her and her young family.
Orange county is making a big mistake …
Health experts tell the Los Angeles times the free your face movement will make it harder to prevent new outbreaks of coronavirus.
The number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to rise in Orange County.
A weekly record last week … up 22% from the previous week, according to an L A Times analysis.
There’s increasing evidence that face coverings are essential to allowing a broader reopening. Places that have kept coronavirus transmission under control, such as Hong Kong and Taiwan, have virtually universal wearing of masks in public.
A recent study out of Germany found that face masks reduce the daily growth rate of reported infections by around 40%. Another study, published Thursday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that “wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent interhuman transmission.”
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California reopened another large sector of its businesses Friday.
The same day … the number of coronavirus cases continued on its upward trajectory and the death toll neared 5,000.
The state recorded its largest one-day increase in new cases Thursday, logging a total of 3,620 new infections and 79 additional deaths.
Los Angeles County accounted for nearly half of the increase. Public health officials reported nearly 1,850 new cases Thursday — the largest one-day increase since the pandemic began — and 50 related deaths. Of the new cases, 600 were from a backlog of test results, officials said.
L.A. County has now recorded more than 68,000 cases of the virus, almost half of the state’s case count of more than 143,000. The cumulative death toll in L.A. County — 2,818 — represents 57% of the state’s fatalities, despite the county being home to one-quarter of California’s population.
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The number of homeless people across Los Angeles County has increased I almost 13%.
But in Santa Monica it’s dropped by 8%.
There is no breakout available yet for Malibu.
These figures come from the 2020 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count … which was released yesterday.
The census showed 66,433 people in Los Angeles County experiencing homelessness.
It does not include the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic … which resulted in thousands of people being put into hotels… as well as rent freezes, and eviction moratoriums.
The homeless census in LA County shows that 88 percent of the people placed in permanent housing through our system in 2018 have not returned to homelessness. In 2019, the rehousing system helped 22,769 people move into permanent housing. And many more people occupy interim housing this year: 18,395 people experiencing homelessness in L.A. County were sheltered, up from 14,722 the previous year, a 25% increase. The impact of the “A Bridge Home” program was seen in the 39% increase in the city of Los Angeles sheltered population, from 8,944 to 12,438.
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School is out for summer … but families who need food can still get breakfast and lunch to all students under the age of 18.
Grab and go meals will be served weekdays all summer at Webster Elementary in Malibu.
Also … three SMMUSD campuses in Santa Monica … Rogers, McKinley and SAMOHI.
families may go to any of these schools even if not enrolled there. All students under the age of 18 will be served grab-and-go bagged meals. .
Webster pick up will be at the front of the school
Additional meal and pantry programs are available in Santa Monica and Malibu. Visit: www.smmusd.org/FamilyResources
