All U.S. businesses are experiencing the consequences of Covid-19-related sanctions, and the Los Angeles restaurant scene is no exception.
“They haven’t given us money and they’ve shut us down. We can’t survive. My staff can’t survive,” Marsden said on Facebook.
‘Nobody likes these restrictions’
The state’s new stay-at-home order will take effect at 11:59 a.m. Sunday for the PTT Southern California and San Joaquin Valley regions. New restrictions are required if the capacity of an area intensive care unit falls below 15%.
“My heart goes out to Mrs. Marsden and the Pineapple Hill Salon workers who comply with state and county public health restrictions that ban outdoor dining,” Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said in a statement issued Sunday.
“No one likes these restrictions, but I support them because our hospital’s ICU fills up the bed capacity and there has been a 500% increase in cases. We must stop this virus before killing thousands more Angelinos.”
“Politicians don’t approach. It’s unreasonable, they live in La-Land,” Marsden told CNN. “I’ve spent $ 60 to ,000 80,000 to prepare my rest restaurant rent to operate under their rules during the epidemic. I make this investment, but I have no way of withdrawing it because I’m closing again,” he said. Said.
The staff was forced to leave
In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Merceden said it was “unbearable” to ask his staff to leave.
“I mean you try to put a face on a good face, you try to say ‘don’t worry, we’re going to reopen, I’m going to be it,'” he said. “But to give my staff their last patch before Christmas There were – and some of them are new staff who have been shut down from above and their unemployment is ongoing, and their children and grandchildren – are the most exciting to realize. But you try to be strong and you try to give hope. Because people need hope. “
Sunni Aquis is on staff letting go to Mercedes. She told CNN she had been sitting on friends’ sofas since the epidemic began, while she was running the bar. Since then, she has been struggling to make a living.
“It’s not out of a lack of willpower or laziness to get a job. I got another job, I got another job and I basically requested Angela for this job. And she told me ‘I’ll give you a job – I’m Don’ for you right now. Not much. ‘ And I told her, ‘I’ll clean the tables for you, I’ll make the door for you – I’ll do anything,’ Aquis said.
She said she could not see a way to get her own accommodation in the current situation and did not know what to do without the help of her.
“There’s no alternative. There’s no alternative for our whole industry and that’s not because we’re trying to stay on unemployment and just sit on it. The mine is almost out and I have no idea what I’m going to do. I don’t realize, ”is received. Said.
Restaurant manager Lindsay Sears told CNN the situation is scary.
“I have – years, a few weeks before Christmas it seems impossible at this point. But I mean Angela gives us hope she hopes we’ll be back sooner rather than later. But it’s really hard – frustrated, “It was hard to be happy with her baby,” Sears said. “You have to have a straight face with them and keep a smile but from the inside I’m ruined.”
Bartender Jason Lunden said the uncertainty was difficult and he just wanted to work.
“I’m lucky enough to be unemployed, but that’s enough to cover my rent and car payments and put a little food on my table. And I just want to get back to work. I’m tired of sitting around me. Apartment, “he said.
“If you want to shut us down, shut everything down. Just cherry what you think is necessary and what’s not. Because this job is necessary for me, he puts money in my bank, he puts it on my table. Lays out food. It helps to pay the daily bills. “
“This is a mass extinction event for restaurants across the country,” he said. “We employ 11 million people in the United States and we support 10 million other jobs in other industries, including agriculture and fisheries and ranching and food distribution and concierge services.”
Restaurants Act
“We are huge supporters of other industries and the loss of the restaurant industry will be the most devastating for the U.S. economy,” Stein told CNN.
Spokesman Jeff Solnett told CNN, “The epidemic’s unpredictability requires a longer-term settlement than a few weeks of pay, as the LA’s situation becomes clearer.”
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