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Travelers Arriving In Los Angeles Now Required To Sign Form Acknowledging Quarantine Recommendation

November 25, 2020 / 8:35 AM PST / KCAL News

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Starting today, travelers arriving in Los Angeles will have to sign a form acknowledging the state's recommended 14-day self-quarantine.

The form, which can be completed at travel.lacity.org prior to or on arrival, will greet arrivals at LAX, Van Nuys Airport and Union Station. All travelers over the age of 16 will be required to sign the form.

Public health officials have been urging people to not travel for the holidays, and the states of California, Washington and Oregon this month issued a travel advisory recommending that people avoid any non-essential out-of-state travel and the people who do travel should self-quarantine for 14 days. Los Angeles County has had a similar recommendation in place, suggesting that people who travel out of the area self-quarantine for 14 days upon their return. However, the recommendations are not mandates.

Despite warnings from state and public health officials like the CDC, AAA expects up to 50 million Americans to travel for Thanksgiving.

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Garcetti also warned if the current pace of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continues, there will not be enough hospital beds by Christmastime.

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Starting the day before Thanksgiving, travelers arriving to Los Angeles by airplane or train will have to sign a form acknowledging California's recommendation of a 14-day self-quarantine, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday evening.

Travelers over the age of 16 arriving from another state or country must submit the form online prior to or upon arrival at Los Angeles International Airport, Van Nuys Airport or Union Station.

"To help stop the spread of COVID-19, Los Angeles is requiring all travelers entering the city from another state or country to fill out this online form, acknowledging that they have read and understood California's travel advisory," the form states on the city website.

RELATED: Ahead of holiday travel season, West Coast states urge 14-day quarantine for anyone entering from out of state

The form is available at travel.lacity.org . Those who don't submit the form may face a fine of up to $500.

"Visitors arriving at LAX or Van Nuys will be informed of this new requirement through signs posted throughout the airports and airlines are being asked to notify their passengers," the mayor said during the coronavirus briefing. "It will take less than a minute."

Flightradar24, which shows real-time commercial aircraft flight tracking information on a map, recorded heavy air travel over the United States on Monday from 6 a.m. to noon.

RELATED: Millions still traveling, including many in SoCal, despite CDC pleas to stay home for Thanksgiving

Despite warnings from health officials, more than 2 million Americans are projected to fly for Thanksgiving. On Sunday, airports saw their busiest day since the pandemic started, and ABC News reports more than 1 million people passed through American airports on Friday -- 1.5 million less than on the same day last year. However, the figure from the TSA represents the second-highest number of people to travel by air since March 17.

AAA predicts 50 million people will travel for Thanksgiving, 95% of which is expected to be travel by car. In Southern California, the majority of the 3.9 million people expected to travel over Thanksgiving will be driving.

The announcement came as Garcetti warned if the current pace of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continues, there will not be enough hospital beds by Christmastime. He added that the virus is "threatening to spiral out of control" in Los Angeles.

RELATED: LA Mayor Garcetti calls COVID situation 'very dangerous,' urges Angelenos to help stop spread

"We are at the highest risk level that we have been," he said. "We're seeing numbers that literally three weeks ago were half as much."

L.A. County shattered its previous daily case record on Monday, reporting 6,124 new cases.

Garcetti also announced the city's testing sites will be closed Thursday and Friday due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

City News Service contributed to this report.

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Coronavirus: Travelers into LA must sign form acknowledging quarantine

LOS ANGELES — Out-of-state travelers arriving in Los Angeles by air or train must sign a form acknowledging California’s 14-day quarantine advisory, Mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday.

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The new form goes into effect beginning Wednesday, the Los Angeles Times reported. It will affect travelers entering the city from another state or country through Los Angeles International Airport , Van Nuys Airport , and the Union Station train facility, the newspaper reported.

The form will be required for travelers 16 and older, KABC reported. Travelers must submit this form online “prior to or upon arrival” in Los Angeles, according to the city’s website .

Effective Wednesday, Nov. 25, all travelers arriving in LA from another state or country are required to fill out an online form, acknowledging they understand California's travel advisory. Find the form at https://t.co/D04MtZlbpJ . pic.twitter.com/IxVvCVdj97 — LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) November 24, 2020

“COVID-19 is more dangerous than ever -- and from LAX to our businesses to our homes, we have to take action to protect Angelenos and stop the spread of this virus,” Garcetti said in the release . “Our new form delivers a clear message: if you travel to our city, we want you to be informed of guidelines that will save lives and keep all of us healthy and safe.”

The form is available at travel.lacity.org . Those who don’t submit the form may face a fine of up to $500.

“If there’s any way you can avoid travel, cancel those plans,” Garcetti told reporters during a coronavirus briefing on Monday. “Emergencies and essential work travel should be the only excuse that we get on a plane anywhere right now.”

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Travelers arriving at LAX will have to fill out a virtual form to certify they understand the state recommends they quarantine after arriving in Los Angeles beginning Wednesday, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced in a press release Monday.

The form asks travelers to certify they understand the state’s travel advisory, which recommends a 14-day quarantine for people arriving in LA for nonessential travel after they come in from LAX, Van Nuys Airport or Union Station. Anyone over the age of 16 must fill out the online form when they arrive at the three locations, or they may be fined up to $500.

“We have to take action to protect Angelenos and stop the spread of this virus,” Garcetti said in the press release. “Our new form delivers a clear message: If you travel to our city, we want you to be informed of guidelines that will save lives and keep all of us healthy and safe.”

Other states, including New Jersey and Washington, have also issued similar 14-day quarantine travel advisories for travelers coming in from other states.

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L.A. City Council, weighing cuts in vacant city jobs, gives workers 5 years of raises

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When Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass struck a salary deal last year with the union that represents police officers, her strategy quickly drew dire warnings from the City Council’s left flank.

Bass, looking to beef up recruitment at the Los Angeles Police Department, negotiated a package of pay increases that’s expected to consume an extra $1 billion over four years. At a news conference outside City Hall, Councilmembers Nithya Raman , Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto - Martínez described the deal as financially risky, warning that it would threaten other city services. All three voted no.

On Wednesday, the council voted on another set of raises, this time for civilian city employee unions. Those increases are expected to consume an extra $3.5 billion over five years . But this time around, the three council members, who make up the body’s superprogressive bloc , did not voice cost concerns.

Soto-Martínez, during a public hearing on the salary agreements, instead offered his congratulations to the civilian city unions that negotiated the new contracts. A day later, he told The Times he’s not worried that the increases will seriously hurt the city budget.

Once council members approved the LAPD raises, they had an obligation to strike similar deals with other employee unions, Soto-Martínez said.

“It would be unfair to say to these [civilian city] workers that you don’t deserve to have the same thing,” he said.

Hernandez, for her part, acknowledged that the city is facing “a tough budget season.” But she put the blame for any bumpiness on raises for police, not those for other city workers.

“Last year, the council moved forward with an agreement to spend a billion dollars over four years in raises for the LAPD, despite our concerns that it would place the city in exactly the precarious financial situation we are now facing,” she said in a statement. “It’s neither fair nor feasible to then turn around and deny living wages for the City’s civilian workforce in order to balance the budget.”

Raman did not respond to emailed questions from The Times. However, in January, she made the same case as Hernandez and Soto-Martínez, acknowledging that there would be a cost.

“I think we’re going to make some very, very hard decisions ... about how we actually fund basic services,” she said at the time.

The raises approved by the council — not just at the LAPD, but in nearly every city agency — are a huge reason leaders are looking at eliminating hundreds of unfilled city jobs. The police contract covers nearly 9,000 officers and is expected to add about $384 million to the city’s annual budget in its final year.

The agreements reached with civilian city workers cover about 33,000 employees, a third of them part-timers. They are expected to add $1 billion to the annual city budget by 2028. (This year’s budget is about $13 billion.)

City Administrative Officer Matt Szabo , the top budget official, has recommended the removal of at least 1,974 vacant positions, about half of them at agencies dealing with parks, transportation, sanitation and animal shelters. Bass will reveal how much she agrees with that strategy on Monday, when she releases her budget for 2024-25.

Bass has repeatedly argued that city leaders can give raises, balance the budget and deliver services at the same time. Meanwhile, the union that represents police officers argued that the complaints about the contract last year had nothing to do with financial concerns — and everything to do with a push by some at City Hall to cut the size of the LAPD.

“These political contortionists should just fess up and say they don’t like police and continue to vote to defund public safety instead of trying to justify their hypocrisy,” said Tom Saggau , spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Protective League, referring to the three council members.

This year, the police union put about $164,000 of its own money into an unsuccessful campaign to oust Raman from a district stretching from Silver Lake to the San Fernando Valley. Raman assailed the union’s spending, saying she was being targeted her over her vote against the police raises.

Raman, who was reelected last month, did find support from other unions with business before the council. Among them was Service Employees International Union Local 721, which just won seven raises over a five-year span — an increase of more than 24% once compounding is factored in.

SEIU Local 721, the largest civilian city union at City Hall, put $25,000 into a pro-Raman committee, according to Ethics Commission filings. In recent years, the union has made donations to campaigns or office holder committees of a dozen other council members.

In 2022, the union put $20,000 into a committee that sought to elect Councilmember Tim McOsker , who now sits on the five-member panel that negotiated the civilian city raises. That same year, the union donated more than $350,000 to committees set up to elect Bass for mayor.

Bass now chairs the committee that negotiates pay and benefits for SEIU Local 721 and many other city unions.

David Green , SEIU 721’s president and executive director, offered praise for the package of raises this month, saying it will help the city bring on new employees. He dismissed the idea that it could harm the city budget.

“We’re very confident that the city can afford it,” he said.

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— WOOING THE WEALTHY : L.A.’s mayor used her State of the City address to ask the city’s businesses, philanthropic groups and richest residents to help with an initiative to address the homelessness and affordable housing crisis. That initiative, known as LA4LA, is seeking both grants and low-interest loans to spur the creation of interim and permanent housing. LA4LA has already amassed more than $10 million in financial support, according to organizers.

— WAITING FOR HUIZAR : A federal judge granted a request from former Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar to delay the start date of his 13-year prison term by several months. Huizar filed his request under seal, saying it contained “private medical information.” Huizar’s new surrender date is Aug. 30.

— OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY: A judge found that the city of Los Angeles altered evidence to support its defense in a lawsuit alleging that sanitation workers illegally seized and destroyed homeless people’s property . U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer said the city would likely face sanctions in the case.

— RECORDS RELEASE : A judge ordered search warrants unsealed from a federal criminal investigation into City Hall corruption. The warrants, used to probe the Los Angeles city attorney’s office and the Department of Water and Power, were sought by The Times and Consumer Watchdog.

— DEAL OR NO DEAL: The City Council signed off on a deal to spend nearly $15 million in renter relief at Hillside Villa, an apartment complex in Chinatown where dozens of tenants had been facing huge rent hikes. Tenant rights activists, along with residents in the 124-unit building, sharply criticized the agreement, saying the city also should have forgiven $1.4 million in outstanding rent debt owed to the landlord by an estimated 48 Hillside Villa households. Hernandez said she is working to find those funds.

— BATTLE OVER BARRINGTON : On the Westside, tenants from the Barrington Plaza apartment complex were in court this week, pressing a judge to find that a mass eviction being carried out by the property’s owner violates state law.

— LES GETS MORE: The Ethics Commission increased the financial penalty imposed on former CBS President Leslie Moonves over his role in an alleged cover-up of sexual assault accusations against him. The commission imposed a fine of $15,000, up from the $11,250 proposed in February, after receiving complaints that the penalty was too lenient. Moonves admitted he violated city law by interfering with a police investigation into the sexual assault allegations.

— COMMISSION CRACKDOWN : The commission also issued a combined $55,000 in penalties to Rick Jacobs , a former adviser to Mayor Eric Garcetti ; AIDS Healthcare Foundation; Susie Shannon , policy director for AHF’s Housing is a Human Right; Western States Regional Council of Carpenters; and Derek Mazzeo , former political director for the regional carpenters. All five failed to accurately disclose their lobbying activities , as required under city law, the commission said.

— BOOSTING FINES: To continue our theme just a bit more, the council’s reform committee voted Thursday to endorse a legislative package aimed at beefing up the powers of the Ethics Commission. Among the changes? A hike in the penalty for a single ethics violation, from $5,000 to $15,000.

— MORE FROM MEJIA: City Controller Kenneth Mejia announced the scope of his upcoming audit of Bass’ Inside Safe program, which has been moving unhoused Angelenos indoors over the past 16 months. Mejia said the audit will look at about a dozen topics, including the process for selecting encampment sites, the cost of the program’s hotel and motel rooms and the monitoring of expenses.

— INSPECTION TIME: The county Board of Supervisors moved forward with a plan to withhold rent payments from landlords in unincorporated areas whose properties are in serious disrepair. The ordinance, which still requires a second vote, would allow the county to withhold rent from landlords who fail to make necessary fixes.

— NO CHARGES : The state Department of Justice will not charge an LAPD officer who shot and killed a 14-year-old girl through the wall of a changing room at a Burlington Coat Factory store in North Hollywood three years ago. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta ’s office said it found that Officer William Jones used reasonable force in the 2021 incident because he was responding to a report of a possible active shooter.

— DWP PICK: Bass on Friday picked Janisse Quiñones to lead the Department of Water and Power. The nomination of Quiñones, who most recently served as senior vice president of electric operations at Pacific Gas & Electric Co., now goes to the City Council. DWP General Manager Martin Adams is retiring after 40 years at the utility.

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• Where is Inside Safe? The mayor’s program to combat homelessness went to the Vermont Vista neighborhood in South L.A., focusing on Vermont Avenue between 92nd and Colden. The operation relocated more than 40 people, some of them living in RVs, according to the mayor’s team.
• On the docket for next week: As we said earlier, Bass is set to release her proposed budget for 2024-25 on Monday. The document will outline her spending priorities on homelessness, the LAPD and dozens of other city agencies.

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David Zahniser covers Los Angeles City Hall for the Los Angeles Times.

Rebecca Ellis covers Los Angeles County government for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered Portland city government for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Ellis wrote for the Miami Herald, freelanced for the Providence Journal and reported as a Kroc fellow at NPR in Washington, D.C. She graduated from Brown University in 2018. She was named a finalist for the 2022 Livingston Awards for her investigation into abuses within Portland’s private security industry.

Dakota Smith covers City Hall for the Los Angeles Times. She is part of the team that won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended City Hall politics. She joined the newsroom in 2016 and previously covered City Hall for the Los Angeles Daily News. She is a graduate of Lewis & Clark College and lives in Los Angeles.

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