Dear Residents,
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes continues to monitor the spread of the novel coronavirus in Los Angeles County and would like to share the following updates with the community:
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Avoid the Three C’s
You can easily reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19 outside the home by: - Avoiding the Three C's (confined space, crowds, close contact)
- Taking Steps to Reduce Your Risk
- Planning Ahead
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Beach FAQs
In case you missed it – L.A. County's Health Officer has lifted a number of Beach restrictions. If you're heading to the beach, L.A. County wants you to know: - Beaches are open for recreational and leisure use by individuals and households.
- Beachgoers must wear a face covering when they are on the sand and around others, as well as maintain at least 6 feet of physical distance between themselves and individuals outside their household.
- Chairs, canopies and coolers are allowed.
- Parking lots are opened at limited capacity to avoid beach overcrowding.
- Boardwalks and piers are open.
(As a reminder, these guidelines apply to beaches in Rancho Palos Verdes.)
Because these changes may still leave you with questions, below you'll find highlights from the L.A. County Department of Beaches and Harbors’ most recent Beach Rules FAQs:
Do I really have to wear a face covering? Face coverings are only required when you are not in the water and around other people. If you’re not in the water and the beach is empty, you do not have to wear a face covering. Please keep a face covering with you that you can put on in case you find yourself near others.
Why are the beach volleyball nets gone? Can I use my own net? As part of the County’s actions to slow the spread of COVID-19, the Department removed all volleyball nets from the beaches it manages in March. While volleyball is considered active recreation, it is also a group sport. Both the Los Angeles County Health Officer’s Order and the State of California Health Order prohibit group sports at this time. Rest assured, when the restrictions are lifted, the Department of Beaches and Harbors will put the nets back. Because beach volleyball as a sport is currently banned, using private nets or setting up your own court on a public beach are violations of the Health Officer’s Order.
Are parking lots open? Some beach parking lots are open at a limited capacity to discourage illegal and dangerous parking on neighborhood streets. Open parking lots include those at White Point/Royal Palms beaches, Torrance Beach, Dockweiler State Beach, Will Rogers State Beach (Temescal Canyon Road), Malibu Surfrider Beach, Point Dume Beach and Zuma Beach. Other parking lots may remain closed as part of the effort to discourage crowds at the beaches. Check beach parking lot status in: 1) Hermosa Beach and/or 2) L.A. County.
Which access ways maintained by the Department of Beaches and Harbors in Malibu are open? The following access ways maintained by the Department of Beaches and Harbors are open to the public: 24314 Malibu Road, 24436 Malibu Road, 24604 Malibu Road, 24712 Malibu Road, 25118 Malibu Road, 31340 Broad Beach Road, and 31142 Broad Beach Road.
Other access ways remain closed due to staffing constraints. Department of Beaches and Harbors crews who previously opened and maintained the beach access ways in Malibu were redeployed to clean and sanitize restrooms. As part of the framework to reopen beaches, beach restrooms must be open, as well as cleaned and sanitized more often and to a higher standard. PLEASE NOTE: the Department of Beaches and Harbors does not maintain all beach access ways in Malibu. Some are maintained by the City of Malibu or the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority.
Keep up with the latest Beach Updates by visiting L.A. County's Department of Beaches and Harbors website at beaches.lacounty.gov.
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L.A. County Great Plates Delivered Extended Through July 10
The County of Los Angeles Great Plates Delivered program has been extended through Friday, July 10. Great Plates Delivered offers three free home-delivered meals a day from local restaurants to qualifying older adults and adults over 60 who are at high-risk of COVID-19 as determined by the CDC.
This effort aims to assist those in need of home-delivered meals and to help get our local restaurant, hospitality, and transportation industries back to work.
Interested in Receiving Meals?
To be eligible for this program, individuals: - must meet age requirements
- are 65 or older; OR are 60-64 and have been diagnosed with, exposed to or at high risk of COVID-19 as defined by the CDC
- are unable to prepare or obtain meals
- are not currently receiving assistance from other state or federal nutrition assistance programs such as CalFresh/SNAP
- must live alone or with one other program-eligible adult
- must earn between $25,520 to $74,940 (single household) or between $34,380 to $101,460 (two-person household) per year
- must live in unincorporated L.A. County or a city that does not offer its own Great Plates Delivered program (Rancho Palos Verdes does not offer its own program)
To apply online, visit https://lafound.wdacs.lacounty.gov/great-plates-program/participant-enrollment
Have questions? Meal applicants can e-mail greatplates@wdacs.lacounty.gov or call 211 for multi-lingual services.
Interested in Participating as a Restaurant for Great Plates Delivered?
At this time, the L.A. County Great Plates Delivered program is not accepting new restaurant applications.
The county is actively trying to match current meal applicants with the restaurants that have already applied. As it receives more applicants, it may re-open the restaurant application process.
Have questions? Restaurants can e-mail greatplatesrestaurant@wdacs.lacounty.gov. |
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Census Response Rate Challenge
Have you completed your 2020 Census? Responses to the census shape decisions about how billions of dollars in federal funds flow into communities each year for the next 10 years for critical services, including health care, emergency response, schools and education programs, and roads and bridges. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of census data and census participation.
As of June 15, Rancho Palos Verdes has a 74.9% self-response rate, 12.4% higher than the state’s average self-response rate and 13.5% higher than the national average. RPV has the second highest response rate of the Peninsula cities behind Palos Verdes Estates.
Help us become the first city in the state to reach a 100% self-response rate! See the response rate for yourself at tabsoft.co/3ajQCPR
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Be Part of RPVtv’s #RPVTogether PSA
The City invites residents to join us in thanking all of our frontline workers, as well as community members who have stepped up to help our neighbors in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Share your photo, video or message of gratitude on social media with the hashtag #RPVTogether to be included in a special community public service announcement that will air on RPVtv. Submissions may also be emailed to mbarnes@rpvca.gov.
We are all in this together, RPV.
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Cases
As of June 16, there are 75,084 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Los Angeles County, including the South Bay, so the public should not think one location is safer than another and everyone should be aware and practice physical distancing. The total includes 109 cases in Rancho Palos Verdes, 46 in Palos Verdes Estates, 18 in Rolling Hills Estates and two in Rolling Hills. Countywide, 2,959 people have died.
According to the Department of Public Health, 11 deaths have been reported in Rancho Palos Verdes. The City extends its deepest condolences to the families of these residents.
For a list of cases broken down by city, demographic characteristics, and settings, visit: http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/locations.htm
For an interactive dashboard with maps and graphs showing testing, cases and death data by community, poverty level, age, sex and race/ethnicity visit: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/
An interactive dashboard of COVID-19 cases in the South Bay maintained by the City of Torrance is available at bit.ly/2XB1fv1. The dashboard reflects information sourced by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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