City Hall Scoop

The regional Stay at Home order is no longer in effect and select activities and businesses are now permitted to open with capacity guidelines.

On Friday, January 29, the County of Los Angeles will release a revised health order that will allow restaurants to reopen for outdoor dining with occupancy limits.

Recent indicators have shown promising progress, but it’s crucial that we continue to wear a face mask, minimize travel and practice social distancing whenever possible.

Select Business Operations/Activities Permitted

1/28/21

The South Pasadena Public Library and South Pasadena High School (SPHS) have partnered to increase access to e-books and e-audiobooks for students. This unique collaboration strives to promote literacy and digital learning by making the library’s large collection of digital books available through Sora, the high school’s reading app for students.

The school-library partnership provides easy access to thousands of age-appropriate titles for students’ use inside the classroom, at home and on the go, 24/7. Through Sora, students can now borrow titles from the school’s collection of classroom and pleasure reading, and also access South Pasadena Public Library’s juvenile and young adult digital collection. SPHS students can get started by watching the tutorial on the SPHS Library website. To add access to the South Pasadena Public Library’s collection, follow the instructions in our tutorial video. 

Cathy Billings
Library Director

With the cancellation of the regional stay at home order, the LAC Health Officer Order (HOO) issued on Nov. 25th is now in effect until the county issues a new HOO later this week. On Friday, January 29 they will issue a new HOO allowing restaurants to reopen for outdoor dining with occupancy limits & masking requirements.

1/26/21

Yesterday, the State lifted the Regional Stay Home Order and moved all counties back into the Blueprint for a Safer Economy color-coded tiers. Los Angeles County, along with the majority of the State, is in the most restrictive purple tier.

With the lifting of the Regional Stay Home Order, the Los Angeles County Health Officer Order that was issued on Nov. 25 is now in effect until a new Health Officer Order is issued later this week to more fully align with the sector openings permitted in the purple tier.

The following is allowed with adherence to all of the sector specific directives to ensure distancing, wearing of face coverings, and infection control:

• Private gatherings outdoors up to 3 households and up to a total of 15 people
• Museums, zoos, aquariums outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Cardrooms outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Miniature golf, go karts, batting cages outdoor operations at 50% occupancy
• Outdoor recreational activities are open
• Hotels & motels for tourism and individual travel allowed
• Fitness facilities open for outdoor operations
• Personal care services open indoors at 25% capacity
• Indoor mall, shopping center, lower-risk retail open at 25% indoor capacity; food courts and common areas closed

The following restrictions remain in effect until January 29:

• Restaurants, wineries and breweries remain open for pick-up, delivery, and take-out only.
• Non-essential businesses closed from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.

Residents are advised to stay home as much as possible and always wear a face covering over their nose and mouth when they are outside their household and around others.

The HOO is posted on Public Health’s website.

Thank you for your ongoing efforts to keep Los Angeles County residents safe and healthy. 

1/26/21

  The Small Business Stabilization Loan Program is an affordable and flexible business loan program to support and help stabilize businesses in Los Angeles County. Loans range from $50,000 to $3 million, and can be used for working capital, equipment purchases, inventory, or refinancing of existing loans at higher interest rates.   We will begin accepting applications on January 28, 2021, and the application period will remain open indefinitely. In order to apply, eligible businesses will be required to attend the “Applying for An Affordable & Flexible LACDA Loan” webinar and complete a one-on-one counseling session. Learn more at bizstabilization.lacda.org.

1/25/21

The COVID-19 Living History Project is the newest online exhibit presented by the South Pasadena Public Library Local History Collection. The COVID-19 Living History Project was launched by the library in May as a way to capture and preserve a record of South Pasadenans’ experience of the pandemic. The online exhibit features stories and photographs contributed by community members that detail personal stories of school closures, distance learning, stay-at-home activities, remote work, employment, social gatherings, community building, and more. In addition to the online exhibit, all photo contributions to the project can be viewed on the library’s Flickr page. If you missed any of our previous online exhibits you can browse them on the library’s website.

Cathy Billings
Library Director

1/25/2021

Stay home with those you live with, stay safe. Keep your distance and wear your face covering if you are outside

1/25/21

The City of South Pasadena, in partnership with the Housing Rights Center (HRC), will host an online Housing Rights Workshop for residents of South Pasadena on Monday, January 25, 2021, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The Workshop will provide information on tenant and landlord rights, Fair Housing Laws, COVID-19 resources and protections (AB 3088 and local ordinances), and rent and eviction laws (AB 1482). In addition, the City will provide an update on local affordable housing initiatives, including inclusionary housing and accessory dwelling units (ADUs).The purpose of the workshop is to gather public input on housing related issues in the City of South Pasadena. There will be opportunity for questions and comments during the live workshop. The online workshop will be conducted over ZOOM. Registration is required at www.bit.ly/SouthPasHousing.For more information on fair housing resources, please visit southpasadenaca.gov/residents/housing/fair-housing or housingrightscenter.or

1/25/21

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Weather-Activated Shelter Program is a short-term weather activated emergency response to provide individuals experiencing homeless a safe and supportive short-term shelter during severe inclement weather. This program operates to protect individuals from the rain and cold weather to avoid conditions such as hypothermia, pneumonia and other conditions caused by cold temperatures.

Sites will be activated starting at 11:00 a.m. Friday January 22 and will remain open until 7:00 a.m., Saturday, January 30.

Individuals can call 2-1-1 to request transportation services to the augmented sites that are activated.

Local shelter is open at Loma Alta Park in Altadena

Service Provider : Volunteers of America LA

Address : Loma Alta Park, 3330 N. Lincoln Ave. Altadena, 91001

Phone Number : (909) 634-4495

Number of beds : 47

Population: Co-ed

1/25/21