{"id":25056,"date":"2020-05-21T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25056"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:48:02","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T18:48:02","slug":"supervisor-hahn-proposes-plan-to-allow-retail-to-reopen-with-safety-protocols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=25056","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor Hahn Proposes Plan to Allow Retail to Reopen with Safety Protocols"},"content":{"rendered":"

She is asking Governor Newsom to level the playing field for \u201cnon-essential\u201d and \u201cessential\u201d retail businesses<\/em><\/h4>\n

San Pedro, CA–\u00a0<\/strong>Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is urging Governor Newsom to allow retail businesses statewide to reopen under the same health protocols that \u201cessential\u201d retail businesses have been allowed to operate under.<\/p>\n

Under the State of California\u2019s stay at home order, \u201cnon-essential\u201d retailers are closed and have only recently been allowed to open for curbside pick-up only.\u00a0 Meanwhile, \u201cessential\u201d retailers like Target, Walmart, and Costco have been allowed to stay open for in-store shopping with safety protocols in place because they sell groceries and other essential items in addition to non-essential products.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat seemed to be a necessary measure at the early onset of this crisis has unintentionally created winners and losers in this \u2018pandemic economy,\u2019 with large retail businesses able to operate, while small retail businesses are struggling and limited to curbside pickup,\u201d said Supervisor Hahn.\u00a0 \u201cThis needs to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a letter to Governor Newsom, Supervisor Hahn urged that these restrictions be adjusted to the smaller retail shops that are losing business everyday to big box stores. She has proposed updating the State\u2019s public health order to immediately allow all retailers to open with:<\/p>\n