Mayor Eric Garcetti reverses resolution shortly after midnight
Early Tuesday morning, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti overturned the resolution to cancel all COVID-19 tests at Union Station to make room for filming, and the planned 504 appointments were re-established.
“Working with @LAFD, @Curative and @MetroLosAngeles, my team worked to reopen the tests at Union Station on Tuesday. The 504 angels who were to be tested there can make a stopover at the kiosk as originally planned or at one of the other 14 sites in the city, where we will be offering 38,000 consistent tests per day,” Garcetti said in a Twitter post.
“Since March 20, the City has administered more than 2. 5 million loose tests. The city sites will offer loose tests to anyone with or without symptoms and the effects are provided within 24 to 48 hours. Other appointments should be had for the angels in wants a test: http://Coronavirus. LACity. org/Testing. »
Garcetti intervened after a backlash on social media that reported that COVID-19 testing at Union Station had been canceled to allow filming of the upcoming remake of “She’s All That. “
On Monday, other people who had scheduled an appointment for a COVID-19 check for Tuesday, December 1 at Union Station were informed by email that appointments had been cancelled due to an “event”. The email did not reveal the nature of the event, however, it reported that it is “He is all that”, a new version of Freddie Prince Jr. ‘s 1999 film “She’s All That. “
FilmLA representatives Miramax, who produces the film, or the loser’s workplace in Los Angeles did not respond to Requests for Comment from TheWrap, but according to the Los Angeles Times, Garcetti and FilmLA’s workplace said they did not know that filming would lead to transitority. closure of the control site.
FilmLA made an additional effort by pointing to LATimes: “‘All we know right now is that this resolution was not made through FilmLA or the approval of the city’s film license, LAPD, nor was it requested through the production company looking to shoot at Union Station. . ”
On Monday night, a follow-up was sent to those whose accounts were cancelled through Andrea Garcia, Garcetti’s press secretary, who in the Garcia Array said that another 504 people had scheduled an illness check on the Union Station checkup site, and that their Appointments would be revered at one of the other 14 checkpoints. In addition, Garcia said, “We hope to reopen the Operations of the Union Station site tomorrow. “
“Earlier in the day, we learned that our Union Station verification booth had been hastily closed before tomorrow’s appointments. As soon as we were informed, we contacted the other 504 people scheduled for verification on December 1 at Union Station to allow them to know that their appointment would be revered at one of the other 14 control sites in the city, adding some other cell control site. located at the North Hollywood subway station available through the underground transit system,” Garcia said.
“In addition, we look forward to reopening operations at Union Station tomorrow. We remain committed to offering loose checks and plan to check more than 38,000 people tomorrow. We have managed more than 2. 5 million checks in Angelenos since 20 March. Our network of check centers and mobile pop-up check services arrive throughout the city of Los Angeles, and we will continue to monitor the new increase spaces to make sure getting a check is as undeniable as possible. “
However, the delay of several hours between the news and any official statements, and the fact that the closure of a verification site to take position only one day after the start-up of a new home remains order for Los Angeles County, many others. people called Garcetti and the city of Los Angeles directly on Twitter. See a pattern below.
– Ktown for All ???? ❤ (@KtownforAll) December 1, 2020
– Mike Lisboa (@MikeLisboa) December 1, 2020
– Angie Vroom (@AngieVroom) December 1, 2020
– Spike Friedman (@SpikeFriedman) December 1, 2020
– ElectionBabe (@ElectionBabe) December 1, 2020
– Dr. Cancel ALL student debts (4WheelWorkOut) December 1, 2020
More to come.