Garcetti says city won't shut off anyone's utilities for rest of 2020

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power will not shut off utilities to customers for the rest of the year if they are unable to pay their bills due to financial hardship brought on by the COVID-19pandemic, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Thursday during his daily press briefing. 

Mayor Garcetti clamps down on dangerously crowded farmers markets

It was the tweet read around the world. Author Katherine Schwarzenegger tweeted a picture of the Farmers Market in Brentwood from Sunday, March 29. It read " The farmers market in Brentwood still being open seems like a huge issue when it comes to social gatherings. " A photo was attached to the tweet of a market looking extremely crowded.

Garcetti signs law to halt evictions, suspends farmers markets

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ordered the suspension of all farmers markets due to concerns about large crowd gathering spite of coronavirus concerns, and he also temporarily halted rent increases for tenants of rent-controlled units.