Unemployment Aid For L.A. Restaurant Workers Unveiled As City Ponders Layoffs, Including For Police

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A firestorm erupted after Los Angeles County health officials shut down outdoor dining at the area’s restaurants on Monday. Restauranteurs maintained that thousands would lose their jobs and that there was no scientific basis for the order.

Cities as diverse as Beverly Hills, Lancaster and Hawaiian Gardens denounced the move. Pasadena, which has its own health department, went so far as to defy the order and allow outdoor dining to continue.On Wednesday evening, L.A.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said that “four in every 10 people who work in full service restaurants have lost their jobs this year.”That, as millions of Californians are set to lose supplemental unemployment benefits provided by the federal government under the Pandemic Unemployment