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MADELEINE PAUKERSMDP Staff Writer
Four in 10 Santa Monica households responded to the 2020 Census by Census Day, according to data the Census Bureau released Thursday.
The 2020 Census is the first decennial census that can be answered online, which means that households complying with stay at home orders can still be counted as long as they have a smartphone or computer and an internet connection. As of April 1, 41.3% of United States households and 37.2% of households in Los Angeles County had responded to the census. In L.A. County, 34.9% of households completed the census
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BRENNON DIXSONSMDP Staff Writer
The Broad Stage has provided live entertainment to Southern California’s residents and tourists for more than a decade, and the famed performing arts center doesn’t intend to allow the recent pandemic to stop the fun anytime soon.
Thanks to its upcoming programs like the Red Hen Press Poetry Hour, thousands of people across the world will have the ability to stream live music and poetry readings from the comfort — and safety — of their homes.
“While everyone is safer at home, we remain committed to sharing and advocating for exceptional work and ideas from performing artists
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Santa Monica College (SMC) and the SMC Foundation handed out pre-packaged bags of food to stu-dents, at the first-ever drive-through pop-up pantry to serve those who are food insecure on Thursday, April 2. The bags contained food from Westside Food Bank, non-per-ishable items from SMC’s 10 food clos-ets, as well as food from social enterprise Everytable.
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Courtesy image CENSUS: About forty percent of locals have responded to the census.
Three new virus cases
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MADELEINE PAUKERSMDP Staff Writer
Three new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Santa Monica Thursday, with seven confirmed over the last two days for a total of 56 cases in the city.
Santa Monica’s case count has exactly doubled in one week, while the number of cases in Los Angeles County has nearly tripled to 4,045. Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health, announced Thursday 534 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the county, with more than 1,000 cases over the last 48 hours. More than 23,000 people have been tested as of April 1, she said.
Ferrer also said an additional 13 people have died after contracting coronavirus, bringing the L.A. County death toll to 78 and the mortality rate to 1.9%. The department has not released geographic information about recent deaths.
Twelve of the 13 individuals were older than 65 and 11 of those older individuals had underlying health conditions. Another individual between 41 and 65 who died also had underlying conditions.
Eighty-six percent of the 78 L.A. County residents who have died had underlying conditions, Ferrer said.
“Our hearts go out to the families of every Angeleno who has lost
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Seeks subcontractor bids for the following project:
Lincoln Middle School, SMASH/Muir Elementary School & Grant Elementary School HVAC, Modernization & Accessibility Upgrades
Owner: Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD)
Bid Documents Issued: April 2, 2020 Bid Date: May 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM
Bernards is requesting bids from qualified bidders on a multi-school project for SMMUSD— Lincoln Middle School, SMASH/Muir Elementary School & Grant Elementary School - HVAC, Modernization & Accessibility Upgrades. All three (3) campuses are located in the City of Santa Monica. The project includes the following scope of work:
LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL The work includes removal and replacement of the existing mechanical and fire alarm systems throughout the campus, including electrical work to support the new equipment. Also included is replacement of fire alarm and related infrastructure for the Child Development Center located across the street from the main middle school campus. All necessary trenching and environmental work (proper removal and disposal of hazardous materials) will be required. Scope also includes renovation of the special education suite in Building K (window, door and flooring replacement, paint and casework throughout the building). A new elevator will be added for access to the second floor, along with new restrooms to meet ADA requirements.
SMASH/MUIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLThe work includes removal and replacement of the existing mechanical and fire alarm systems throughout the campus, including electrical work to support the new equipment. Removal and replacement of existing doors, which will include a new wireless security card access system. Scope of work also includes new flooring, casework, acoustical treatments and replacing classroom window systems. Site work to include accessible upgrades for parking and path of travel, as well as modifications to restrooms and water fountains.
GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The work includes removal and replacement of the existing mechanical and fire alarm systems throughout the campus, including electrical work to support the new equipment. Removal and replacement of existing doors, which will include a new wireless security card access system. Scope of work also includes new flooring, casework, acoustical treatments and replacement of classroom window systems. Site work to include new decorative security fencing at the school entry, as well as accessible upgrades for parking, path of travel and modifications to restrooms and water fountains.
Work is targeted to begin June 18, 2020 on each campus and continue through the following nine (9) weeks of the school summer break. Work will continue at specific times during the 2020-2021 school calendar and complete by end of each school’s summer session 2021. Please note that all mechanical, electrical, plumbing (“MEP”) and sheet metal subcontractors (contractors that hold a C-4, C-7, C-10, C-16, C-20, C-34, C-36, C-38, C-42, C-43 or C-46 license), must submit prequalification applications (see link below). Applications must be submitted at least ten (10) business days prior to the scheduled bid opening on any advertised project in order for the candidate to qualify for that project. Pre-qualification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification, except as noted in the pre-qualification documents. For more details on the Contractor Pre-qualification Bid Process, please visit http://fip.smmusd.org/contractors.html. Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District has contracted with Colbi Technologies, Inc. to provide a no-cost, web-based process for prequalification called QualityBidders. Please visit www.qualitybidders.com. Subcontractors must comply with general prevailing wage rates (Labor Code, 1770-1784). Under new California law, all subcontractors and sub-tier subcontractors wishing to conduct business with any public entity must register with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) prior to submitting a bid and during performance of the work. Only registered contractors and subcontractors to be awarded public works projects. Please visit www.dir.ca.gov/Public-Works/PublicWorks.html for more information, and to register.
Plans & Specifications: Plans and specifications will be available on or shortly after April 2, 2020. Plans will be available in Bernards’ plan room at 555 First Street, San Fernando, California. You may also view or purchase plans through our reprographics company at www.Bidmail.com.
Bernards is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to; and encourages the participation of MBEs, WBEs, DBEs, SBEs, DVBEs, and OBEs and requires submittal with their bid the certification form from the authorizing agency. Participation in Bernards’ Prequalification process improves our ability to collaborate with Subcontractors while providing them with the benefit of inclusion in potential select project lists. Please contact [email protected] for Prequalification documents.
If you have any questions about this project, please contact us at:
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Backers of California tax initiative submit signatures
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Supporters of a proposed amendment to the California Constitution that would raise property taxes on some businesses by up to $12 billion a year announced Thursday they have collected more than 1.7 million signatures, all but assuring it will appear on the November ballot.
The Schools & Communities First campaign says it is the most signatures ever collected for a ballot initiative. The campaign needs 997,139 verified signatures to qualify the amendment for the ballot. But by turning in so may signatures, it nearly guarantees the amendment will be qualified.
The amendment would repeal a portion of what is known as Proposition 13, the landmark 1978 California ballot initiative that overhauled how the state taxes property. Since then, California has capped property tax increases at no more than 2% each year on homes, businesses and farmland. Properties are reassessed when they are sold at 1% of the sale price.
While the law has been great for property owners, it has made it harder for local governments and school districts to pay for services because a big portion of their revenue comes from property taxes. This proposed amendment would require California to tax commercial and industrial property based on the market value, raising taxes on those properties by up to $12 billion per year statewide.
The amendment would not apply to homes, farmland and owners of commercial or industrial property with a combined value of $3 million or less.
Supporters say that money would go to cash-strapped public schools, community colleges and local governments. But opponents say it would hurt small businesses who are
struggling to survive in a high-cost state, including farmers who would be affected by higher taxes on processing facilities and grocery stores.
“Now more than ever, we need to support those heroes on the front lines who have been caring for the most vulnerable, educating our children, and keeping Californians safe,” said Alex Stack, communications director for the Schools & Communities First campaign.
The campaign has already qualified a similar proposal for the November ballot. But they are trying to replace it with this one, which would exempt more businesses from the tax increase. Stack says once the newer proposal has been qualified for the ballot, they will formally withdraw the other one.
The campaign gathered the signatures before most of California was locked down because of the COVID-19 outbreak, closing businesses and sending unemployment insurance claims skyrocketing. But the impact has been felt at public schools, too, “with so many students and families across California not having access to internet or computers” while public schools have been closed, said E. Toby Boyd, president of the California Teachers Association, which supports the amendment.
But opponents say the economic crisis triggered by the outbreak is another reason why voters should reject the tax increase. Plus, while many small businesses don’t own their buildings, their lease agreements require them to pay for maintenance and property taxes.
“It’s clear that the public employee unions behind the largest property tax increase in state history are willing to spend and do whatever it takes to raise the cost of living for working families,” said Rob Lapsley, co-chairman of Californians to Save Prop 13 and Stop Higher Property Taxes, a group that is opposed to the proposed amendment.
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California’s governor on Thursday called for letting small businesses keep up to $50,000 in sales tax receipts for the next year as the COVID-19 outbreak has forced people to stay home and many shops to close.
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the reprieve would function as a loan to small businesses, with the state not charging fines or penalties. It likely would require approval from the state Legislature, which has recessed until at least April 13.
Newsom’s proposal comes as more than 1.9 million Californians have filed for unemployment benefits since March 12, an average of more than 111,000 claims per day over the last week.
“The economic consequences are profound,” Newsom said.
The property tax proposal could have a significant impact on the state’s more than $200 billion budget. California gets most of its money from a combination of sales and income taxes. The state has already given people an extra three months to file their income taxes, meaning state lawmakers will likely have to come up with a budget this year without knowing how much money they have to spend.
But California property owners still have to pay their property taxes by April 10. Newsom has not ordered any delays on that deadline, mostly because property taxes are one of the
few funding sources that bypass the state and go directly to local governments.
Newsom proposed a $222.2 billion budget in January. But Thursday, he said that proposal “was no longer operable.”
“The world has radically changed since the January budget was proposed,” he said.
For those looking for work, the state has partnered with three companies — LinkedIn, Salesforce and Bitwise — to launch a website matching people with job listings in California. Newsom said the website, onwardca.org, already has more than 70,000 job listings. Most are in the health care, agriculture, logistics and grocery industries — essential businesses not affected by the statewide “stay-at-home” order.
Governors across the country are grappling with what businesses can stay open and which ones can close. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered non-essential construction sites to shut down. Officials in the San Francisco Bay area have done the same. But Thursday, Newsom said he was not planning on changing the state’s guidelines listing construction workers as an essential business exempt from the statewide “stay at home” order.
“The conditions in New York are very different than the conditions in the state of California,” Newsom said. “We’re not naive about magnitude of challenge ahead of us. All of this is subject to change. But currently, I’m satisfied with those state directives.”
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someone to this frightening disease,” she said. “The psychological impact of rising case counts and deaths is real, both individually and collectively, and I urge everyone to take care of their emotional health and to check in frequently with those in your extended communities. This will be a long haul, and we have many weeks of work ahead before we begin to see the benefits of our efforts to stop the spread of COVID-19.”
Ferrer said the county is investigating 54 institutional settings with at least one confirmed case of coronavirus. One hundred and fourteen staffers and 185 residents and guests have tested positive. Eleven residents of nursing homes have died.
Nine people experiencing homelessness and seven jail and prison inmates have the virus, Ferrer said Thursday. Two people working in homeless shelters and six people working in L.A. County jails have also tested positive.
She said officials are moving homeless people who have tested positive or been exposed into self-isolation or quarantining entire shelters if they are small enough. One shelter just moved 22 people who were exposed to coronavirus into individual rooms, Ferrer said.
Nearly 900 cases have been hospitalized at some point, representing 22% of cases, she said. 241 people are currently hospitalized, 28% of whom are in the ICU. One hundred and fifty-three people currently hospitalized are 55 and older.
As the number of cases in California surpassed 10,000 and the death toll topped 200, L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti urged people to
wear homemade masks to prevent themselves from spreading coronavirus.
Ferrer said Thursday that members of the public should make their own masks rather than buying N95 masks or surgical masks, which are in short supply and must be reserved for healthcare workers.
“If you’re out and not able to do all the social distancing we’re asking you to do, it is probably a good idea given the evidence you could be asymptomatic but still infectious to cover your nose and mouth,” Ferrer said.
To slow the spread of coronavirus locally, Santa Monica public schools will close indefinitely and county beaches, beach bike paths and public trails will close through at least April 19, officials said last week.
City of Santa Monica parks and farmers markets are still open, but Palisades Park was closed last weekend. Public buildings, nonessential businesses, playgrounds, Santa Monica Pier and beach parking lots are closed through the end of April.
City Manager Rick Cole announced last week fines for individuals and businesses violating the stay at home orders that range from $100 to $1,000. Santa Monica Police Department Chief Cynthia Renaud said she has directed officers to contact, inform, educate and encourage compliance before resorting to citations.
Cole announced Wednesday that construction sites, which Gov. Gavin Newsom has deemed essential and are allowed to stay open under his Safer at Home order, must operate in accordance with social distancing and hygiene standards. The city has the authority to halt construction if the requirements are not followed, said city spokesperson Constance Farrell.
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Testing issues cloud scope of California’s virus
outbreakBRIAN MELLEY Associated Press
California is ramping up testing for coronavirus even as a backlog of 59,000 pending tests is growing, delaying some people from getting results for up to 12 days and leaving an incomplete picture of how widespread the outbreak is in the state.
Testing rolled out slowly in California but is accelerating now. More than 90,000 tests have been administered statewide, but nearly two-thirds of those results were still pending, according to state figures.
“The backlogs are not necessarily getting better, in real time, but we’re hopeful,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday.
Newsom said it was a national problem — as is the shortage of tests and a lack of the masks, gloves and other protection healthcare workers must wear to administer tests from people who are possibly carrying the highly contagious virus.
The state may be able to fast-track test results as more people receive blood-based tests, Newsom said. Testing that relies on taking nasal swabs, the most prominent initial testing measure, is primarily responsible for delays.
The average wait time in Los Angeles County is five to six days, but some results have taken 10 or 12 days, said Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the county health director. The county uses a mix of privately and publicly run labs.
Increasing testing “doesn’t really help us as much as it ought to if there are really long waits for people to find out whether they are positive,” Ferrer said. “It’s really important for us to know if they’re positive — both for their medical treatment but also so that we can immediately move those people into isolation, identify their close contacts and have their close contacts quarantining.”
The coronavirus mainly is spread though coughs and sneezes. For most people, it causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough, that clear up in two to three weeks. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia and death.
California has surpassed 10,000 cases and 233 deaths, according to a global tally by Johns Hopkins University. State health officials are girding for a peak of cases they expect in mid-May and could fill all the state’s 75,000 hospital beds and 66,000 emergency beds being assembled now in hospitals and other locations.
Newsom has emphasized for weeks that the state needs to flatten the curve of cases so the peak arrives as late as possible and the state has time to prepare for it. Having
accurate and up—to-date data from testing is key to tracking that curve.
Newsom said he’s put together a new task force on testing and expects to announce in the coming days an effort to substantially increase California’s testing capacity.
Currently the state has prioritized that the tests be used on the most symptomatic and vulnerable patients, along with health care workers and some others. That further clouds a picture of an outbreak.
“Testing is uneven, which is to put it kindly,” said Dr. David Eisenman, director of the Center of Public Health and Disasters at the University of California, Los Angeles. “The number of cases identified is not an accurate count of anything because it’s such a select group of people who get the testing done.”
Dr. Shawn Nasseri, a Beverly Hills doctor who treats patients with respiratory problems, said it’s frustrating and disheartening to try to diagnose patients when he has been rationed only a few test kits a week. He was able to administer six tests in a drive-thru line in the alley behind his office a week ago and was still awaiting results Thursday from one of those.
“We’re all flying blind. We’re hoping and praying more testing will become available,” Nasseri said. “We have absolutely no idea how many people are truly infected at this point.”
Marin County north of San Francisco said it was only able to test 50 people a day because that’s the limit imposed by the state lab that processes its results, spokeswoman Laine Hendricks said.
Last week, San Francisco Bay Area health officials issued an order that requires private labs to report positive, negative and inconclusive testing results to public health authorities. Labs need to report the results within an hour and are required to report information that helps health officials locate the person tested.
Orange County’s own lab aims for a two-day turnaround for the 80 to 100 tests it handles a day, but often completes them in 12 to 24 hours, said Megan Crumpler, director of Orange County’s Public Health Laboratory.
“We’re just fortunate that we’re not getting inundated,” Crumpler said.
Crumpler said the county’s testing is limited because of shortages of the preferred type of swab used to collect specimens for one type of test and a limit of kits that extract viral genetic material. It’s trying to get more of both.
Associated Press writers Olga R. Rodriguez and Jocelyn Gecker in San Francisco, Kathleen Ronayne and Adam Beam in Sacramento, Amy Taxin in Orange County and John Antczak in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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Open Letter to City Council of Santa Monica:Please delay the $400 million water
infrastructure plan, given the pandemic on our hands, the community health risks of having a large homeless population in every nook and cranny of our city, and the ~$500 million of contingent liabilities that residents are already on the hook for (to pay city employee benefits and pensions). We do not need it, we do not want it, and we cannot afford it without doubling household water costs and taking on a massive amount of debt.
We have a water supply that works and is not particularly expensive. Spending $400 million to replace the existing water supply
with a recycled/re-used supply was not supported by any neighborhood association when you, against all of our objections, recently approved this plan.
If you want to tax us further [note: we already have the highest state & local taxes in the country], please tax us to: provide masks and other essential equipment for our first responders; pay for HVAC in every school classroom; actually build affordable housing. But please, do not spend $$$ we do not have on something we neither need nor want. Nothing “sustainable” about that.
Jeremy K. Rogers, Santa Monica
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Laughing Matters
Beloved Brenda’s Big Birthday
As regular readers of this column can attest, pro and con, it’s almost impossible for me to avoiding lambasting someone whose many nicknames include “Agent Orange” and the “Mango Mussolini.” But this week I’m in a celebratory mood because next Thursday my older sister, Brenda, a retired teacher, Vice-Principal, and therapist, mother of two, grandmother of four, is having a milestone birthday.
I’m not sure she’d mind my mentioning the exact number of candles. But just in case, I’ll put it this way; to calculate the total, if each finger represented a decade, it would take just a bit more than one hand.
As Brenda taught me so, albeit sometimes through our misadventures, I’ll share some with you. I hope my column is coherent as with this surreal pandemic, social distancing and self-isolation, frankly often I’m not sure what day it is.
A memory from relatively early childhood is that when, on the occasion my sister couldn’t sleep, I would announce a baseball game to her. I better explain. You see our bedrooms were far enough away from our parents that we could quietly chat without waking them. Our dad was a big baseball fan and often took us to L.A. Angel Pacific Coast League games at the beautiful but long gone Wrigley Field.
For some reason my recreating a game either comforted my sister or bored her, but she was usually sawing zzz’s by the end of the second inning. “Are you still awake?” I’d whisper and if I heard nothing, I knew the game was “canceled due to drowsiness.” (Often it was just when I was hitting my “announcer stride.”)
Another example of our collective misbehaving, on a Saturday, when my father was working and my mother might be at the grocery store, my sister introduced me to the “gourmet” cuisine of roasting hot dogs on a fork over the stove. Then we’d dip the dog into a jar of mustard and it was bon appetit.
Speaking of hot dogs, late one weekend night we sneaked out of the house as my sister drove us to Hollywood and the world famous Pink’s Hot Dogs. Loaded with chili, sauerkraut, relish and mustard, those dogs were beyond delicious and cost... 20 cents! I was also fascinated with the after midnight crowd from hip Hollywood types to others who looked like junkies.
Brenda also let me tag along on trips to a bohemian coffee house in Venice. Beatniks read poetry to the beat of bongo drums, while the audience sipped coffee and smoked pot. Given my hero was Mickey Mantle, I found this new world shocking but also mesmerizing.
I remember the first time my parents spent the weekend in Palm Springs when we didn’t need our Aunt Amelia to babysit because my sister was old enough to be in charge. Unfortunately we got in a car accident but fortunately no one was hurt.
That said Brenda’s 1954 Ford was a mess. Hours later, we were pacing in the living room when, as fate would have it, there was a knock at the door. It was a ragged group of auto body repair gypsies who said they’d fix the car for $50.
Three hours later, the damage was completely gone, replaced by primer. In those days there was Earl Scheib’s chain of 1-day $19.95 paint jobs, in by 9 am., done by 5 pm. But they were closed on Sunday.
When our rested and relaxed parents arrived back home we told my father (Brenda did the talking) the car needed a paint job (which it did) and a friend did some primer work to get it ready. To this day I can’t believe my dad actually bought it.
As I write this Brenda denies it, but she’s the better wordsmith of the two of us. Years later in college, on at least a few occasions she saved me by rewriting my lame term papers. She was student teaching at the time and then got a job at Carver Junior High in South Central. There she met fellow teacher and her husband to be, David, born and raised in Iowa. To me David’s a saint except for marrying into my meshugenah family. (That said, they’ve been married 55 years!)
On the subject of marriage, when I was engaged, Brenda and Dave offered their back yard with its lush grass adjacent to the pool in their Encino Hills home for the wedding ceremony, which is still a beautiful memory. (Despite my divorce seven years later.)
So happy birthday to my wonderful big sister. As close as we’ve been these many years, unfortunately these days our biggest bond is our mutual loathing of the aforementioned Agent Orange/Mango Mussolini. (At least I got through an entire column without mentioning his name.)
Jack is at: facebook.com/jackneworth, twitter.com/jackneworth and [email protected]
Courtesy photoB’DAY: My sister Brenda enjoying the compa-ny of her 4-year-old grandson, Jeremiah.
online.Santa Monica’s 39.8% response rate
is slightly higher than that of Los Angeles County as a whole, and almost all households responded online. But local response rates differ significantly by neighborhood.
Based on the average response rates of census tracts in each of the city’s eight neighborhoods, Sunset Park and Mid-City have the highest response rates at 47.6% and 42.9%, respectively. Northeast (42%), Wilmont (41.5%) and Ocean Park (40.3%) follow close behind.
Noma and Pico have average response rates within a few percentage points of each other, at 38% and 36.7%, respectively. Downtown trails other neighborhoods at 26%.
Some neighborhoods’ response rates do not correlate with the hard-to-count indexes the Census Bureau calculated earlier this year. Advocates across the country warn that low-income households and families of color will be undercounted in the census, which is used to calculate billions of dollars in federal funds for schools, housing, hospitals, roads and emergency services and how many seats each state gets in the House of Representatives.
In Santa Monica, downtown, Pico and a western portion of Wilmont had the highest hard-to-count indexes because they have a high
proportion of renters, non-family households and multifamily housing. Parts of Mid-City, Wilmont and Ocean Park also had somewhat high indexes.
Noma, Sunset Park and Northeast were deemed less difficult to count, but Noma has a relatively low response rate so far.
The Census Bureau announced that it would suspend field operations until April 15 due to coronavirus and send out census takers in late May to count households that have not self-responded online or by mail, although officials said plans could change.
Households can access the census questionnaire at my2020census.gov with an ID code from the census invitation they received in the mail last week.
The final response deadline is August 14, but a coalition of dozens of mayors across the country, including Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown, are urging the Census Bureau to extend the deadline to September 30.
Santa Monica is continuing to conduct online outreach to residents to ensure a complete count, said city spokesperson Constance Farrell.
“We’re now even more focused on using digital platforms to get the word out about this vitally important action,” Farrell said. “With people at home, they can easily complete it online and in just ten minutes.”
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across the spectrum,” said Rob Bailis, Artistic and Executive Director of The Broad Stage. “It’s critically important that we support our artist community and continue to provide ways for creativity to thrive with an audience. I’m thrilled to introduce our digital platform The Broad Stage at Home, which does exactly that.”
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Page at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, the event aims to give viewers a reprieve from the stresses of daily life.
“Last week was the launch event with Dana Gioia, who has been the poet laureate of California. He talked about the effect of poetry on our lives and then we had four poets calling in and reading some poems from some part of their house,” said Kate Gale, co-founder and Managing Editor of RPH. “It was a fun time.”
This week, Red Hen Press Poetry Hour will feature award-winning poet Major Jackson and many other prestigious guests, according to Gale, and Richard Blanco, a former presidential inaugural poet, will join the livestream next Saturday.
“I think sometimes people think of poetry as a sort of insular academic kind of a thing, but each of the poems that will be read are really what I think of as ‘public poetry,’” Gale said. “We’re really thinking of this as a public conversation and something that’s a great way to get poetry out into the world.”
“I’m choosing poets who are invitational — in the sense that you could climb inside these poems and understand them, whether you normally read poetry or not,” Gale added. “I want everyone who listens to this, or sees this, to be able to understand what’s going on and get excited about it and just find it to be an entertaining and interesting hour of dialogue and poetry.”
With the national emergency happening right now, “I think that poetry is something that will help people get through it,” Gale said. “And I think it’s wonderful The Broad Stage is giving people the opportunity to breathe and remind ourselves that there are still creative and beautiful moments in the world.”
Residents who are interested in watching the upcoming poetry readings can find more information on the program at redhen.org.
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All Vegan Organic, 306 Pico Blvd, (424) 387-8211, www.allveganorganic.comAndrews Cheese Shop, 728 Montana Avenue, (310) 393-3308, www.andrewscheese.comArts Table, 1002 Montana Ave, 90403, (310) 395-2500, www.artstablesm.comAshland Hill, 2807 Main St, (310) 392-3300, http://ashlandhill.comAzule Taqueria, 1315 3rd Street Promenade St J, (424) 317-5429, https://azuletaqueria.com/orderBack On The Beach, 445 Palisades Beach Rd, (310) 393-8282, backonthebeachcafe.comBackyard Bowls, 1317 7th St A, (310) 994-6977, http://www.backyardbowls.comBagel Nosh, 1629 Wilshire Blvd, (818) 340-7382, bagelnoshdeli.comBangkok West, 606 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 395-9658, bangkokwestthai.comBarneys Beanery, 1351 3rd Street Prom, (626) 390-4944, barneysbeanery.comBaskin Robbins, 2614 Pico Blvd, (424) 252-9359, www.baskinrobbins.comBay Cities, 1517 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 395-8279, bcdeli.comBenny’s Tacos & Chicken Rotisserie, 915 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 451-0200, www.bennystacos.comBen & Jerrys, 2441 Main St, (310) 450-0691, http://www.benjerry.comBig Jo’s Burgers, 1955 Broadway, (310) 828-3191, http://bigjosburgers.com/Birdie G’s, 2421 Michigan Avenue, 310-310-3616, https://www.birdiegsla.comBluestone Lane, 631 Wilshire Blvd, (718) 374-6858, https://bluestonelane.comBoba Tea and Me, 1328 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 906-9914, http://www.bobateaandme.comBoba Lab, 711 Pico Blvd, (323) 600-3598, https://www.mybobalab.comBread And Porridge, 2315 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 453-4941, breadandporridge.comBrunos Italian Restaurant, 1652 Ocean Avenue, (310) 395-5589, brunossantamonica.comBroadway Baker, 1209 Wilshire Blvd, (646) 410-3857, http://broadwaybaker.comBroadway Baker, 1209 Wilshire Blvd, (646) 410-3857, https://broadwaybaker.com/Buddha Joy, 1610 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 828-5304, eatlees.comBud’s Deli, 2727 Ocean Park Blvd., (310) 450-6860, https://www.BudsDeli.comCaffe Bella, 1400 3rd Street Promenade, (310) 576-3433, https://www.facebook.com/caffebellasm/Cafe Bolivar, 1741 Ocean Park Blvd, (310) 581-2344, cafebolivar.comCafe Demitasse, 1149 3rd Suit 100 , (424) 322-0959, cafedemitasse.comCaffe Delfini, 147 West Channel Road, (310) 459-8823, https://www.caffedelfini.comCafé Zella, 1535 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 260-0479. https://www.cafezella.com/s/orderCalifornia Pizza Kitchen, 210 Wilshire Boulevard, (310) 393-9335, cpk.comCalifornia Chicken Cafe, 2401 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 453-0477, www.califchickencafe.comCapo, 1810 Ocean Ave, (310) 394-5550, https://www.caporestaurant.com/Casa Martin, 1654 Ocean Ave, (310) 663-1732, https://www.casamartinsm.com/Cassia, 1314 7th St, (310) 393-6699, https://www.cassiala.com/Chandni Vegetarian, 1909 Wilshire Blvd 90403, (310) 828-7060, www.chandnivegrestaurant.comChick-fil-A, 2207 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 310-0160, cfasantamonica.comCitizen Sprout, 1128 Wilshire Blvd, (424) 280-4123, www.citizensprout.comCora’s Coffee Shoppe, 1802 Ocean Ave, (310) 451-9562, https://www.corascoffee.com/Crimson, 2901 Ocean Park Blvd. #127, (310) 396-2400, https://crimsonla.com/Crimson, 606 Broadway Suite 101, (310) 458-3366, https://crimsonla.com/Daily Grill, 2501 Colorado Ave B-190, (310) 309-2170, https://www.dailygrill.comDagwoods Pizza, 820 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 899-3030, http://www.dagwoods.comDel Frisco’s Grille, 1551 Ocean Avenue Suite 105, (310) 395-7333, https://delfriscosgrille.comDemitasse Coffee, 1149 3rd St., (424) 322-0959, www.cafedemitasse.comDunkin’ Donuts, 1132 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 576-9200, https://www.dunkindonuts.com/enDogtown Coffee, 2003 Main Street, (310) 310-3665, https://www.dogtowncoffee.com/Dolcenero, 2400 Main St A3, (323) 540-6263, www.dolcenerogelato.comEl Pollo Loco Restaurant, 1906 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 392-9809, www.elpolloloco.comEl Torito, 3360 Ocean Park Blvd., (310) 450-8665, https://locations.eltorito.com/store/santa-monicaErin McKenna’s Bakery, 1415 Montana Avenue, (855) 462-2292, erinmckennasbakery.comEsters, 1314 7th St, (310) 899-6900, https://www.esterswineshop.com/Fatburger, 1916 Lincoln Blvd, (213) 675-2522, fatburger.comFather’s Office, 1018 Montana Ave., 90403, (310) 736-2224, fathersoffice.comFORMA, 1610 Montana Ave, (424) 208-7700, formarestaurant.comFrozen Fruit Co, 729 Montana Ave, (424) 332-7484, http://www.frozenfruitco.comFromins, 1832 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 829-5443, fromins.comFritto Misto, 620 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 458-2829, frittomistoitaliancafe.comFunnel Mill, 930 Broadway, Suite A, (310) 393-1617, www.funnelmill.comGilbert’s El Indio, 2526 Pico Blvd., (310) 450-8057, www.gilbertselindio.comGyu-Kaku Restaurant, 231 Arizona Ave, (310) 214-9572, https://www.gyu-kaku.comHeroic Deli & Wine Bar, 516 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 691-8278, http://heroicitalian.comHillstone Restaurant, 202 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 576-7558, www.hillstone.comHoly Cow BBQ, 264 26th St., (310) 883-6269, www.holycowbbq.comHoly Guacamole, 2906 Main St, (310) 314-4850, holyguacamolemain.comHuckleberry, 1014 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 560-7787, https://www.huckleberrycafe.com/Ingo’s Tasty Diner, 1213 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 395-4646, ingostastydiner.comIl Forno Caffe & Pizzeria, 2901 Ocean Park Blvd 111, (310) 450-1241, https://www.ilfornocaffe.com/Ivy, 1535 Ocean Ave, (310) 393-3113, http://theivyrestaurants.comJersey Mike’s Subs, 1447 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 394-1888, jerseymikes.comJoe’s Pizza, 111 Broadway, (310) 395-9222, www.joespizza.comJohn Kelly Chocolates, 1111 1/2 Montana Ave, (310) 899-0900,Kreation Organic Kafe & Juicery, 1023 Montana Ave, (310) 458-5880, kreationjuice.comKye’s Super Tasty Super Foods, 1518 Montana Ave, (310) 395-5937, kyesmontana.comLA Draught, 3021 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 919-1221, www.ladraught.comLares, 2909 Pico Blvd., (310) 829-4550, https://www.lares-restaurant.comLa Scala, 3001 Wilshire Blvd (310) 315-3300, https://www.lascalabeverlyhillsLa Vecchia Cucina, 2654 Main St, (310) 399-7979, www.lavecchia.comLe Macaron, 1301 Montana Ave, (424) 295-0067, https://www.lemacaronsantamonica.com/
Little Prince, 2424 Main Street, (310) 356-0725, littleprince.laLocal Cafe, 2214 Pico Blvd, (424) 322-2710, http://www.local-coffee.comLuna Grill, 3001 Wilshire Blvd 103, (858) 450-1188, http://lunagrill.comMain Street Bagels, 2905 Main St, (310) 392-6373,Margo’s, 1534 Montana Ave, 90403, (310) 829-3990, www.margossantamonica.comMarmalade, 710 Montana Ave, (310) 395-9196, https://marmaladecafe.com/Massilia, 1445 4th St, (310) 251-4822, http://www.lezinque.comMel’s Drive In, 1670 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 392-0139, https://melsdrive-in.com/Mendocino Farms, 631 Wilshire Blvd Unit C, (310) 395-5273Milo And Olive, 2723 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 453-6776, https://www.miloandolive.com/Milo SRO, 826 Pico Blvd, (310) 392-0706, https://www.milosro.com/New York Bagel & Deli, 2216 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 828-3228Nico’s Tacos, 1865 Lincoln Blvd Ste5, (424) 322-8370,Noma, 2031 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 453-4848, https://www.nomasushi.comOne Stop Shop Mart, 314 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 393-5533,Onda, 700 Wilshire Blvd, 90401, (310) 620-9917, onda.laOrto, 502 Santa Monica Blvd , (424) 433-8100, ortosantamonica.comPaperboy Pizza, 1315 3rd Street Promenade, (424) 317-5429, https://www.paperboypizza.com/Patricks road house, 106 Entrada Dr, (310) 459-4544, patricksroadhouse.infoPanini Kabob Grill, 312 Wilshire, (424) 744-8854, https://paninikabobgrill.com/Pancho’s Tacos, 2920 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 452-2970, https://panchostacossantamonica.comPrimo Passo Coffee, 702 Montana Ave, (323) 546-4702, www.primopassocoffee.comPeets Coffee & Tea, 1401 Montana Ave, (310)394-8555, www.peets.comPosh Cafe, 1620 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 968-2237, [email protected], 1912 Broadway 100, (310) 309-9463, www.thepriscio.comR + D Kitchen, 1323 Montana Ave, (310) 395-3314, https://rd-kitchen.com/locations/santamonica/Rakkan Ramen, 1705 Ocean Ave Suite 111, (310) 400-1261, https://rakkanusa.comRed O, 1541 Ocean Ave #120, (310) 458-1600, http://redorestaurant.comRita’s Gate of India, 1450 5th St. (424) 268-7196, https://ritacafesm.comRocco’s Cheesecake, 1701 Pico Blvd, (310) 396-1701, www.roccoscheesecake.comRock’n Pies Pizza Company, 1120 Wilshire Blvd, (424) 268-4380, www.rocknpiespizza.comRosti Tuscan Kitchen, 931 Montana Ave, (818) 877-9774, http://rostituscankitchen.comSatdha Thai, 2218 Lincoln Blvd, (310)450-6999, https://satdhakitchen.com/Santa Monica Pizza, 1318 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 393-4554, www.santamonicapizzakitchen.comSanta Monica Seafood, 1000 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 393-5244, https://smseafoodmarket.comShores Kitchen, 2720 Neilson Way, (310) 314-1105, www.shoreskitchen.comShoop’s Delicatessen, 2400 Main Street #A1, (310) 452-1019, shoopsdeli.comSidecar Doughnuts, 631 Wilshire Blvd D, (310) 587-0022, http://sidecardoughuts.comSL Ramen, 1319 3rd Street Promenade, (213) 675-4393, https://silverlakeramen.com/SocialEats, 1315 3rd Street Promenade 1, (424) 317-5429, https://thesocialeats.com/Society Kitchen, 2901 Ocean Park Blvd #123, (310) 452-4400, https://societykitchenla.com/Sonoma Wine Garden, 395 Santa Monica Pl, (424) 214-4560, http://sonomawinegarden.comSpeakeasy Kitchen, 1326 Pico Blvd , (310) 450-4377, speakeasykitchen.laSpumoni, 713 Montana Ave, (310) 393-2944, http://www.spumonirestaurants.com/STRFSH, 1315 Third Street Promenade, (424) 317-5429, https://www.strfsh.com/orderStella Barra Pizzeria, 2000 Main St, (773) 907-7305, https://www.stellabarra.com/Subway, 2901 Ocean Park Blvd & 2635 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 396-3004, subway.comSubway, 2635 Lincoln Blvd, (310) 581-3344, subway.comSunnin Lebanese Cuisine, 525 Santa Monica Blvd., Rm 120, (310) 395-3602, www.sunnin.comSunny blue, 2728 Main Street, (310) 399-9030, sunnyblueunc.comSurfer Rose, 2460 Wilshire, (310) 828-2115, www.surferrose.comSushi King, 1330 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 395-0120,Sweetfin, 829 Broadway A, (310) 395-1097, http://sweetfin.comSweet Lady Jane, 1631 Montana Ave, (310) 254-9499, http://www.sweetladyjane.comSweet Rose Creamery, 2726 Main St, (310) 260-2663 x4, http://www.sweetrosecreamery.comTacos Por Favor, 1408 Olympic Blvd, (310) 392-5768, www.tacosporfavor.us/hours-and-locations/Takuma, 2627 Wilshire Blvd, (310) 586-7469, http://www.santamonicatakuma.comTallula’s, 118 Entrada Drive, (310) 526-0027, https://www.tallulasrestaurant.com/The Habit Burger Grill, 3001 Wilshire Blvd, (424) 537-5745, www.habitburger.com/order-onlineTiato Restaurant, 2700 Colorado Ave 190, (310) 866-5210, http://tiato.comThai Dishes, 123 Broadway, (310) 394-7105, thaidishessantamonica.comThe Hive, 606 Broadway Ste 102, (310) 899-6298, www.thehivesm.comThe Lobster, 1602 Ocean Ave, (310) 991-1228, http://www.thelobster.comThe Rooster, 2301 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 264-0999, https://www.theroostersantamonica.com/Tocaya, 507 Wilshire Blvd, (424) 268-8219, https://tocayaorganica.com/Trimana Fresh Market, 1348 3rd Street Promenade, (310) 393-2486,Truxon’s, 1329 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 393-8789, http://www.truxtonsamericanbistro.com/Tsukiji Sushi Sen, 2915 Main Street, (310) 581-3525, http://www.tsukijisushisen.comTumbi Craft Indian Kitchen, 115 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 829-7200, www.tumbibar.comVito, 2807 Ocean Park Blvd, (310) 450-4999, http://vitorestaurant.com/Wally’s Wine & Spirits, 214 Wilshire Blvd., (424) 293-5500, www.wallywine.comWexlers Deli, 616 Santa Monica Blvd, (424) 744-8671, http://www.wexlersdeli.comYe Olde Kings Head, 132 Santa Monica Blvd, (310) 394-8765, www.yeoldekingshead.comYogurtland, 304 Santa Monica Blvd, (424) 500-8487, www.yogurtlandsm.comZabies Restaurant, 3003 Ocean Park Blvd., (310) 392-9036, www.Zabies.comZ Garden Mediterranean, 2350 Pico Blvd, (310)392-2900, zgardensantamonica.com
SANTA MONICA’S TAKE OUT LIST
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Many Santa Monica restaurants are offering take-out and delivery services during the current stay-at-home order. To add or remove a restaurant from the list, email [email protected]