Note: If your ballot is postmarked by Election Day and received within 17 days by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder, it will be processed, verified, and counted.
Dear Voter,
With Election Day coming up fast, I wanted to take a moment to talk about one of the easiest and most convenient ways to return your ballot: Official Ballot Drop Boxes. There are more than 400 Official Ballot Drop Boxes securely placed throughout Los Angeles County — providing you with a safe, accessible, and contact free option to return your ballot. If you want to return your ballot at a secure Ballot Drop Box, identify your preferred location with our Official Ballot Drop Box locator tool!
Official Ballot Drop Boxes look like this:
Remember, you don’t need to wait until November to return your ballot! Make your selections and send it back as soon as possible. If you haven’t yet made your plan to vote, we’ve made it easy for you to get all the important election information you need at plan.lavote.net.
Return your ballot today and help us get every vote in.
10/19/2020
All Los Angeles County Voters are encouraged to vote by mail to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The County will mail all registered voters a ballot. Vote by Mail ballots begin mailing October 5. It is important your information is correct, if you’ve recently moved or changed any information, please visit LAVote.net to receive your ballot. You can always check your registration status with Registration Status Tool !
WHAT CAN I DO IF I DON’T RECEIVE MY VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT?
• LA County will begin mailing ballots October 5 – please allow some time for it to arrive.
• Subscribe toWhere’s My Ballot to track your ballot every step of the way and receive an estimated arrival date.
• Request options: Contact the Registrar’s office by calling (800) 815-2666, or emailing votebymail@rrcc.lacounty.gov with your full name, date of birth, and address.
• Request a replacement ballot LAVote.net
• The deadline to request a replacement is October 27.
10/16/2020
The Housing Rights Center (HRC) will be hosting a Virtual Housing Rights Workshop for residents of South Pasadena on Thursday, November 5, 2020, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The Workshop will provide information on tenant and landlord rights, Fair Housing Laws, AB 3088, AB 1482, COVID-19 Local Protections, and more.
The virtual workshop is FREE and will be conducted over ZOOM. Registration is required. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtceCgpjojHtEsPu0MEhl6TMQlinnwj2Lv
The HRC serves tenants and landlords during this health crisis with weekly programming and webinars. Each week, the HRC provides FREE virtual workshops on COVID-19 resources. The “walk-in clinic” offers virtual housing counseling to both tenants and landlords Wednesday through Friday. The HRC is prepared to answer questions on federal and state fair housing laws, common forms of housing discrimination, protected characteristics, unlawful practices, and COVID-19 resources.
The HRC is a nonprofit civil-rights organization that has addressed the challenges of housing discrimination since 1968. The HRC provides assistance to residents with discrimination complaints and landlord-tenant disputes. The HRC also provides training and outreach assistance to landlords and tenants.
For more information on fair housing resources, please visit: https://www.southpasadenaca.gov/residents/housing/fair-housing or https://www.housingrightscenter.org
10/16/2020
COVID-19 continues to spread and remains easily spread among people who are in close contact with an infected person. If you were in a crowd with non-household members, especially if people weren’t wearing face coverings and were shouting, chanting, and/or singing, you may have been exposed to COVID-19 if an infected person was also there. People can pass the virus to others, even before they know they have it.
It is very important that you stay away from other people, especially those at greater risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19, and monitor yourself for symptoms of COVID-19 for 14 full days. This is essential to prevent you from unintentionally spreading COVID-19 to other people.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, masks are strongly encouraged in settings where people might raise their voices, such as shouting, chanting, or singing. When someone raises their voice, their respiratory droplets, which carry the virus, spread farther.
Public Health encourages you to get tested if you have been in a crowd or gathering where people were close together and not wearing face coverings and/or not keeping their distance. By finding out if you are positive, even if you have no symptoms yet, you can quickly take steps to prevent your family, friends or coworkers from becoming infected by you and get the medical care you need.
10/16/2020
L.A. County knows how important internet access is in the digital age. With an ongoing pandemic, more people are working and attending school virtually. We also understand that not everyone has affordable, reliable internet access available to them.
That’s why the County has created a Free WiFi locator to help you get connected! Make sure to share this with your community to help them access this important service.
10/15/2020
Big news for small business owners in the County of Los Angeles who had to shut their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic – the Small Business Revitalization Grant is accepting applications until October 16, 2020, at 12 p.m.
Visit revitalizationgrant.lacda.org to see if your business is eligible and learn how to apply!
10/15/2020
All Los Angeles County Voters are encouraged to vote by mail to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The County will mail all registered voters a ballot. Vote by Mail ballots begin mailing October 5. It is important your information is correct, if you’ve recently moved or changed any information, please visit LAVote.net to receive your ballot. You can always check your registration status with registration status tool!
WHAT CAN I DO IF I DON’T RECEIVE MY VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT?
• LA County will begin mailing ballots October 5 – please allow some time for it to arrive.
• Subscribe to Where’s My Ballot to track your ballot every step of the way and receive an estimated arrival date.
• Request options: Contact the Registrar’s office by calling (800) 815-2666, or emailing votebymail@rrcc.lacounty.gov with your full name, date of birth, and address.
• Request a replacement ballot LAVote.net
• The deadline to request a replacement is October 27.
10/14/2020
We are less than a month away from election day, and LA County wants you to safely exercise your right to vote during the pandemic. We’re really lucky to take advantage of the fact that everyone in California gets a ballot by mail to fill out in the privacy of their own home and send in at no cost. This is one of the safest ways to cast your vote this November.
If you prefer or need to go and vote at a voting site, our voting sites will be implementing protocols to create as much safety as possible for voters and poll workers. We’re working closely with the registrar recorder to put in place all of the safeguards that are needed so that people who want to vote at one of the sites can do so and feel safe going to the sites. Some of the sites in LA County will be open 10 days before the election day and almost all the other sites will be open 5 days before election day.
As with all activities we do through the pandemic, it is always best to plan early and take the maximum amount of precautions you and your family needs. If you’re a person with an underlying health condition, this is the time to think through how to reduce the risk to yourself and minimize your exposures by either using that mail-in ballot or going to one of the voting sites at a time when it’s not crowded.
For more information, please visit lavote.net.
10/14/2020
As a result of the SCOTUS ruling last night, the US Census Bureau announced the following statement regarding the ending of 2020 Census data collection:
You can view the full press release here: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/2020-census-data-collection-ending.html
Fill out your form online at my2020census.gov or by phone at 1-844-330-2020. It will only take 10 minutes to answer simple questions like your age and how many children you have. The Final Deadline is October 15th. Don’t wait – be counted today!
10/14/20202
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