Information on COVID-19 Threat from Alert South Bay Cities

Joint Information Center

We are working in coordination with Los Angeles County Office of Emergency Management, the Area-G Disaster Management Coordinator, and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (LACoDPH) to provide accurate information to our communities. Due to HIPPA laws, patient names, locations, or any personally identifying information known as PII related to possible exposure or confirmation of the COVID-19 virus cannot be disclosed. As such, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will provide updates on confirmed cases in cities.

On Friday March 13, 2020, the South Bay cities activated a Joint Information Center to help coordinate essential messaging to the community around the COVID-19 pandemic.

These cities include:

· Inglewood

· El Segundo

· Manhattan Beach

· Hermosa Beach

· Redondo Beach

· Hawthorne

· Torrance

· Lawndale

· Gardena

· Lomita

· Palos Verdes Estates

· Rancho Palos Verdes

· Rolling Hills Estates

· Rolling Hills

KEYWORDS

Residents can text specific City KEYWORDS listed below to 888-777 for receive updated information related to COVID-19. They are as follows:

· Inglewood: CV19ING

· El Segundo: CV19ES

· Manhattan Beach: CV19MB

· Hermosa Beach: CV19HB

· Redondo Beach: CV19RB

· Hawthorne: CV19HAW

· Torrance: TorranceAlerts

· Gardena: CV19GAR

· Lomita: CV19LOM

· Palos Verdes Estates: CV19PVE

· Rancho Palos Verdes: CV19RPV

· Rolling Hills Estates: COVID19RHE

Local Emergency Proclamations

At this time, the following cities have declared Local Emergency Proclamations. Information can be found for each local municipality below by following the links provided.

· Redondo Beach: https://www.redondo.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=3119&TargetID=11

· Manhattan Beach: https://www.citymb.info/services/learn-about/coronavirus

· Torrance: https://www.torranceca.gov/government/city-manager/torrancealerts/torrancealerts-advisories

· El Segundo: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/CAELSEGUNDO/bulletins/281879f

· Hawthorne: http://www.cityofhawthorne.org/coronavirus

· Hermosa Beach: https://www.hermosabeach.gov/our-community/quick-links/coronavirus-updates-from-the-cdc

· Gardena: https://www.cityofgardena.org/coronavirus-covid-19/

· Rolling Hills Estates: https://www.ci.rolling-hills-estates.ca.us/Home/Components/News/News/885/419

· Rancho Palos Verdes: https://www.rpvca.gov/1277/Information-on-Coronavirus-COVID-19

· Lomita: http://www.lomita.com/cityhall/

· Palos Verdes Estates: https://www.pvestates.org/community/information-on-coronavirus

· Inglewood: https://www.cityofinglewood.org/civicalerts.aspx?aid=325

· Lawndale: http://www.lawndalecity.org/HTML/Coronavirus.html

Los Angeles County has also declared a Local Emergency Proclamation. More cities are considering local impacts to their communities and will provide updates as necessary.

School District Closures (all school activities are closed including school sponsored events. For specific information related to alternative family resource center and nutrition services, please refer to your local district for more information. UPDATED 3-20-20).

· Redondo Beach Unified School District: Closed March 17, 2020 through May 5, 2020

· Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District: Closed March 16,202-April 6, 2020;

· Manhattan Beach Unified School District: Closed March 16, 2020 through March 30, 2020;

· El Segundo Unified School District: Closed March 16. Assemblies and field trips cancelled through April 13;

· Wiseburn (DaVinci High School): Closed March 16 through Spring Break (April 6-10);

· Vistamar - Closed

· Hawthorne School District: Closed through Spring Break (April 6-13 for HMSA, April 6-17 for TK-8);

· Hermosa Beach Unified School District: Closed March 16, 2020 through April 13, 2020;

· Inglewood Unified School District: Closed March 16, 2020 through March 30, 2020;

· Torrance Unified School District: Closed Monday March 16, 2020 through March 27, 2020;

· Los Angeles Unified School District: Closed March 16, 2020 through March 27, 2020;

· Lawndale Elementary School District Closed March 16, 2020 through April 3, 2020;

· Centinela Valley Union High School District Closed March 17, 2020 through April 3, 2020)

* Online learning will begin for some districts. As we received updated information, we will update.

Current Actions

Emergency responders continue to respond to emergency calls and serve their communities.;
We have established a Joint Information Center to help with accurate, timely, consistent messaging to our communities;
We are constantly monitoring updates from California Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, and the Center for Disease Control following sanitization best practices in public spaces, and enabling safety by encouraging citizens (and staff) to avoid unnecessary crowds and travel;
We are following procedural recommendations from health experts in an effort to align our community with county, state, and national procedures;
We are working in a collaborative manner to ensure we are exercising timely and appropriate mitigation measures;
Connect with your City directly to identify any other measures being taken, such as cancelling of events and activities and closure of City facilities.

Follow the "Safer at Home" Public Health Order. This enforces a simple fact during this crisis: you are safer at home. By staying at home as much as possible you are not only protecting your health, you are making it safer for the people we are depending on (first responders, healthcare workers, grocery and restaurant workers) to continue working.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/

California Department of Public Health

https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Immunization/nCOV2019.aspx

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/novel-coronavirus-2019.html