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:

The Latest

It’s National Nurses Day and Teacher Appreciation Week! The City of Rancho Palos Verdes would like to express its deep gratitude to our nurses and teachers for their vital roles and selfless commitment throughout the pandemic and always.

L.A. County Moves into Yellow Tier

L.A. County has met the threshold for the least restrictive yellow tier in the state's Blueprint for a Safer Economy. A revised Health Officer Order went into effect today to reflect newly permitted activities. Moving into the yellow tier allows for increases in capacity in many sectors and allows bars to begin providing indoor service at 25% capacity. All of these changes will still require safety modifications, including masking, distancing and infection control to reduce the risk of transmission. The sectors with increases in capacity limits include amusement parks and fairs, gyms and fitness centers, yoga studios, private events, bars, hotels and short-term lodging rentals, private gatherings, breweries, indoor playgrounds, restaurants, cardrooms and racetracks, indoor and outdoor live events and performances, wineries and tasting rooms, family entertainment centers, and museums, zoos, and aquariums.

It's ok to not be ok.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and collectively as a community, our mental health has suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Know that you are not alone. During Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we encourage you to be kind to yourself and be kind to one another. Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) will provide mental health programs, tips and resources to let you prioritize and support your mental health as we continue to live through and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. For more info, tips and resources visit bchd.org/mentalhealthawareness.

Plus find more resources on the City’s COVID-19 Mental Health webpage

Vaccine Updates

What to Do if You Missed Your Second Dose

In a new video, Dr. Eloisa Gonzalez of the L.A. County Department of Public Health explains you should try and get your second COVID-19 dose either 21 days after your first shot if you got the Pfizer vaccine or 28 days if you got the Moderna vaccine. If you don’t get the second dose within that time frame, get it as soon as possible. In very rare situations, your second dose may be given up to 6 weeks (42 days) after the first dose, according to the CDC. It is important that you get the same vaccine for both your first and second dose. You will not be fully vaccinated if you don't get both doses.

Watch the video at: https://fb.watch/5k7l5UwBYf

Need help with your vaccine appointment?

Need help getting to your vaccine appointment? Call the L.A. County Department of Public Health vaccine hotline at 833-540-0473. For more information, visit vaccinatelacounty.com.

Financial Resources

Schedule Your Free Session With a Financial Navigator

Need help coping with financial difficulties related to COVID-19? L.A. County
Financial Navigators are available to help you find resources during this difficult time.
The Financial Navigators Program is designed to help residents deal with the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, providing remote assistance in navigating critical financial issues and making referrals to other social services and resources. Trained Financial Navigators will provide structured guidance over the phone that will help people strategize around supports for disruptions to their income and other financial concerns.
Some of the topics that may be discussed during the session may include:

Prioritizing payments for expenses like housing, food and insurance
Maximizing income, through accessing unemployment benefits, emergency loans and other public benefits
Managing debt by providing guidance on contacting and negotiating with creditors
Avoiding scams

For assistance, visit bit.ly/FinNav or call 800-593-8222.

Apply for the SBA Restaurant Revitalization Fund

The U.S. Small Business Administration has opened applications for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The online application will remain open to any eligible establishment until all funds are exhausted.

Established under the American Rescue Plan, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund provides a total of $28.6 billion in direct relief funds to restaurants and other hard-hit food establishments that have experienced economic distress and significant operational losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This program will provide restaurants with funding equal to their pandemic-related revenue loss up to $10 million per business and no more than $5 million per physical location. Funds must be used for allowable expenses by March 11, 2023.

Learn more at sba.gov/restaurants.

Outdoor Recreation Programs

Painting Rocks!

Throughout the month of May, paint a rock or rocks from your backyard and place them in the Robert E. Ryan Park Rock Garden at 30359 Hawthorne Boulevard.

Paintings of local points of interest, views, animals, etc. are encouraged but not required.

The City of Rancho Palos Verdes reserves the right to remove any rocks
it deems inappropriate for this family friendly activity. Rock size not to exceed 6"x 6".

For more info, call 310-544-5260 or email events@rpvca.gov.

Find more activities in the Spring 2021 Recreation Guide!

Registration Open for After School Recreational Enrichment Program

Registration is open for the After School Recreational Enrichment Program offered by the San Pedro & Peninsula YMCA and the City at Hesse Park!

Register your child today at bit.ly/sppyenrichment

The after school program is for grades K-5 and will take place from 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday at Hesse Park through June 11.

This program is 100% outdoors and features activities covering science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM), individual conditioning physical exercise, enrichment, and much more, all designed to maintain physical distancing and follow Los Angeles County Department of Public Health protocols. Fees are $100 per week, per child.

For more information, visit ymcala.org.
Download a program flyer at: bit.ly/3gunjxl

If you are a person with a disability and need an accommodation to participate in programs, services, activities and meetings, contact the City's ADA Coordinator/Risk Manager at 310-683-3157, adarequests@rpvca.gov, 30940 Hawthorne Blvd., Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275, at least 48 hours in advance to request an auxiliary aid or accommodation.

Upcoming Local Blood Drives

Blood donations have decreased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Healthy, eligible donors are urged to come out and give to ensure there’s lifesaving blood on the shelves for those who need it.

The American Red Cross is holding upcoming blood drives in Rancho Palos Verdes:

Monday, May 10
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ascension Lutheran Church
26231 Silver Spur Road

Tuesday, May 18
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church
5621 Montemalaga Drive

Reserve a time online at redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: PACIFICUNITARIANCHURCH.

Monday, May 24
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Ascension Lutheran Church
26231 Silver Spur Road

Visit redcrossblood.org/rapidpass to complete the pre-donation paperwork.

The Red Cross has implemented additional precautions to ensure the safety of its donors and staff. There is no evidence that the novel coronavirus can be transmissible by blood transfusion, and there have been no reported cases worldwide of transmissions for any respiratory virus, including the novel coronavirus.

For a limited time, the American Red Cross is testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations for COVID-19 antibodies. Help save lives and get insight into whether you may have been exposed to the novel coronavirus.

For more information, visit redcrossblood.org or by calling 1-800 RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Data

Cases

As of May 6, there are 1,234,746 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across Los Angeles County (population 10.17 million). The total includes 1,504 cases in Rancho Palos Verdes (population 42,747), 467 in Palos Verdes Estates (population 13,522), 282 in Rolling Hills Estates (population 8,113), 56 in Rolling Hills (population 1,940), and 65 in the unincorporated areas of the Peninsula (population 1,921). Countywide, 23,966 people have died.

According to the L.A. County Department of Public Health, 56 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 the L.A. County Department of Public Health's Locations & Demographics page.

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.

Vaccinations

According to the L.A. County Department of Public Health, as of April 18, 59.5% of Rancho Palos Verdes residents age 16 and over received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about the novel coronavirus.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health: publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus
California Department of Public Health: cdph.ca.gov/covid19
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): cdc.gov/COVID19
World Health Organization: who.int/coronavirus
California Governor’s Office: covid19.ca.gov
County of Los Angeles: lacounty.gov/covid19
L.A. County residents can also call 2-1-1
FEMA Coronavirus Rumor Control: https://www.fema.gov/Coronavirus-Rumor-Control

Sign up for “Notify Me” city listervs at rpvca.gov/notify

Be sure to also follow the City on Nextdoor, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Sign up for emergency alerts from Alert SouthBay by:

Texting “alertsb” to 888-777, which returns a link to register for Everbridge (for COVID-19-related alerts, text the keyword "cv19rpv")
Registering online at alertsouthbay.com
Downloading the free Everbridge app on an iOS or Android device from the App Store or Google Play. Select “Find an organization or subscription” and search “alertsb”

Sign up for emergency alerts from Alert LA County at https://lacounty.gov/emergency/alert-la/