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Community News funding comes in the form of a grant that Metro will not be required to repay. Metro indicates that the total cost for the last segment of the project is $3.6 billion, with the remaining funds coming from Metro’s transportation sales tax measures greenlit by voters. Major construction is expected to start later this year.
Culver City Adjusts to Life as a Tech Hub
The three sections of the Purple Line extension are anticipated to open in 2023, 2025 and 2027.
Culver City is dealing with the growing pains of becoming a digital media boomtown.According to the Los Angeles Times, city officials are mulling whether or not to raise business taxes – and by how much – to offset the costs of the dramatic growth.In recent years, the city has attracted such tech giants as Apple, China-based TikTok, and Amazon, which
west coast headquarters nearby. A tax advisory group
L.A. Charges Ahead with Electric Buses
recently proposed a nearly $10 million increase in
Los Angeles is rolling ahead with its plans for a fleet
business tax revenue, although any move would
of electric buses. The city has placed the largest single
require the council’s approval as well as a ballot
order for the zero-emissions vehicles in U.S. history. In
measure.
announcing the purchase, Mayor Eric Garcetti said it
has been leasing the historic Culver Studios space since 2017. HBO is also currently building its new
Metro Secures $1.3B to Finish Purple Line
will bring L.A. closer to a sustainable future with cleaner air and healthier communities. Over the next two years, the Los Angeles Department of Transportation
The final stretch of a subway line extension set to link
will add 155 zero-emission buses to the fleet. The move
Westwood to Downtown Los Angeles has received
is part of Garcetti’s “Green New Deal for Los Angeles,”
$1.3 billion in federal funding. When it’s completed,
which aims to make the city’s fleet emissions-free in
the Purple Line will carry riders from the westside
time for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
to downtown in only 25 minutes. The Los Angeles
This follows the news that the city’s garbage trucks are
Metropolitan Transportation Authority said the
transitioning to 100 percent zero-emissions by 2035.
Community News Los Angeles Named Top Global Real Estate Market Los Angeles has been ranked the top real estate investment market in the world – just as concerns about the global economy have investors retreating to the safety of real estate. Schroders’ Global Cities
SpaceX to Build Rockets to Mars in Long Beach Life on Mars could soon begin at the Port of Los Angeles. SpaceX has won the support of Los Angeles City Council to use a site on Terminal Island to manufacture and develop its Mars-bound Starship spaceship and rocket booster. Before the vote to approve the move, L.A. Councilman Joe Buscaino said, “We are becoming a spaceport.” Previously, a SpaceX representative told an L.A. Board of Harbor Commissioners meeting that the Elon Musk-led company would use the port site to help bring about an interplanetary civilization that includes the red planet, the Los Angeles Times reported. This isn’t the first time the port has been considered a launchpad to Mars. SpaceX also currently builds Falcon 9 rockets and Dragon capsules in Hawthorne. After the Starship and its parts are built here, they would be shipped to a launch site in Texas or Florida.
Index named Los Angeles No. 1 based on economic, environmental and educational criteria. London and Hong Kong came in second and third, respectively. New York ranked ninth. According to Mansion Global, at least one property agency in London has noticed worried clients expressing interest in long-term real estate investment. Property prices in world-class population hubs – which boast diversified economies are more likely to weather a recession, investors believe. This is the fourth year in a row Schroders’ Global Cities Index has named Los Angeles as the global leader in real estate investment.
Spotlight LESSONS LEARNED TO KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE AND HEALTHY For all the complexities of the coronavirus, its lessons are simple. Soap. Water. Think about others. Eat healthy. Prepare for the worst. So let’s take a moment, as we move forward in time, to remember the ways we can keep ourselves and others safe from harm - for now, and the next time.
WASH YOUR HANDS A splash of water and a quick shake is not enough. Nor is a dab of soap that barely lathers. Instead, you should soap and scrub for at least 20 seconds - and longer if you’ve been sneezing or coughing. Wash them after you’ve been out in public. Wash them before you eat. And please, wash them after you’ve used the bathroom. As we all know by now, you should be able to sing “Happy Birthday” twice from the time you turn the taps on to the time you towel off.
WATCH HOW YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE Cover your face, your mother probably scolded you after you sneezed. Turns out, the CDC says your mother was right. (As moms usually are.) Use a tissue to shield the cough or sneeze and if a tissue is not within grasp, bury the blast in your sleeve or elbow.
MAINTAIN A HEALTHY DISTANCE The term “social distancing” has been carved into the popular lexicon, but really, it’s just another way to remind you about germs. They’re out there. They don’t mean you well. And they’re usually on people, especially strangers, and the knobs, rails and handles they touch. Whether it’s this pandemic or the next, you should always remember how illnesses spread. Pasjoli
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stauKEEP IN SHAPE Staying healthy starts with being healthy. So do all the things you know you should be doing, but probably don’t: exercise, drink lots of water, get at least eight hours of sleep, consume food that supports your immune system (hint: it’s green and comes in the vegetable aisle) and maybe pop a vitamin. Your body will thank you for it during the next flu season or outbreak.
STAY STOCKED Walking into a store to find its shelves stripped bare is troubling enough if you’re just looking for a snack – never mind if you need medicine. So keep enough on-hand to last at least a month - from prescriptions to over-thecounter supplies. And you should have at least two weeks of food and water stocked, too. Because this probably won’t be the last emergency you see.
WHEN SICK, STAY HOME There was a time when if you were under the weather, you went to work anyway. But that only slows your recovery and exposes others to illness. Take a sick day. That’s why you have them.
SHOW YOUR ELDERS SOME LOVE Time is precious for the elderly. So while caregivers have to do what they can to keep the older population safe from harm, which can include limiting exposure to germ-carrying grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it’s just as important emotionally to let them know they are not alone.
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