The City of Culver City continues to cooperate with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to respond to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Los Angeles County.  

For previous updates, please visit the City’s Coronavirus webpage. 

Para leer esta información en español, por favor visite la página web de Coronavirus de la ciudad. 

Table of Contents

1. Celebrate Lunar New Year Safely

2. Spread Love, Not COVID-19

3. Temporary Relaxed Parking Enforcement Extended Through February 28

4. The Way Your Face Covering Fits Makes a Difference

5. COVID-19 Vaccine Update

6. COVID-19 Counts in Culver City and LA County

2. Spread Love, Not COVID-19

Valentine's Day is this Sunday, and even though we all want to spread the love, the best way to do that is to end the pandemic by celebrating with the loved ones in your household or staying home. Nothing says “I love you” more than working together to stop the spread of COVID-19. This Valentine’s Day, don’t let risky plans ruin the mood. Help end the pandemic by wearing a mask, keeping your distance, and washing your hands. Make a date with your live-in Valentine, consider ordering a meal from a Culver City restaurant, or celebrate online.

Despite recent decreases in the current COVID-19 surge of cases and hospitalizations, COVID-19 transmission remains widespread here in L.A. County and in many states and countries.

Travel increases the risk of getting and spreading COVID-19.  Additionally, the risk may be greater with the prevalence of the more easily transmissible variant.

With the upcoming Lunar New Year, Valentine's Day, and Presidents Day, Public Health advises against non-essential travel and gatherings with people not from your household. COVID-19 surged after Thanksgiving and Christmas travel in November and December.  The more people travel, the more interactions they have with individuals outside of their household, the greater the risk of getting and spreading COVID-19. Shared transportation, including travel by air, bus, or rail, can not only put travelers at risk but also all members of the community if infected travelers spread COVID-19 to others after returning to Los Angeles County.

3. Temporary Relaxed Parking Enforcement Extended Through February 28, 2021

To make every effort to help people stay home and slow the spread of COVID-19, the City of Culver City will continue relaxed parking enforcement through February 28, 2021.

While parking enforcement on street sweeping days has been temporarily suspended, street sweeping services are still occurring. Understanding that the street sweeper must maneuver around parked cars, many residents have inquired about the relaxed enforcement, and on their own have moved their vehicles off of the street on posted street sweeping days.

The City kindly requests motorists to move their cars when possible on street sweeping days during this relaxed enforcement period. If there are any leaves or trash in the curb area that the sweeper cannot reach because of parked cars, the City asks residents to sweep such material out into the street beyond the parked cars an hour or so before the scheduled sweeping time. Or, residents can sweep up the materials and place them in their green bins for collection.

Los Angeles County Department of Public Health continues working on strategies that improve access to vaccine for people who are older with limited mobility and needing assistance securing appointments. Public Health is organizing mobile teams to bring vaccinations directly to seniors living in housing developments or accessing senior centers in hardest-hit communities.  

The State of California announced that in the next several weeks the vaccination effort statewide will be coordinated by a third-party administrator, Blue Shield of California. Public Health is looking forward to working with Blue Shield and the State to ensure an efficient and effective vaccine distribution system that meets the needs of LA County communities. During and after this transition, Public Health’s website, will remain a portal for the latest information about COVID-19 and the vaccine, as well as link people to the statewide appointment registration system.

LA County is actively vaccinating healthcare workers, staff and residents at long-term care facilities, and residents 65 years or older. Residents who are currently eligible for the vaccination, with internet access and a computer, are urged to use the Vaccinate LA County website to reserve an appointment. For those without access to the internet, or with disabilities, a call center is open daily from 8 AM to 8:30 PM to help schedule appointments; dial (833) 540-0473 if you are in need of assistance. Please note that this phone line is reserved for people with disabilities or for those who don’t have internet access.

Governor Newsom added three additional frontline workers to the next phase, Phase 1B Tier 1 of the State Vaccine Allocation Guidelines: Education and Childcare workers, Food and Agriculture workers, and Emergency Services workers. With very limited vaccine supply and uncertainty on timing for increased production, LA County is currently developing a realistic and carefully developed plan for expanding vaccination availability to these additional sectors. LA County plans to start vaccinations for workers in these sectors in 2 to 3 weeks.

Visit the LA County COVID-19 Vaccine website for the latest information.

The City of Culver City mourns the loss of our residents who have passed away, which sadly includes the passing of residents due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  The County of Los Angeles Public Health Department tracks COVID-19 cases and deaths of County residents. 

Culver City’s Case and Death Counts – as of February 9, 2021 

Cases in Culver City – 1,989

Deaths in Culver City – 73 

Cases in Los Angeles County – 3,434 new cases were reported today (1,155,309 cases to date)

Deaths in Los Angeles County – 141 new deaths were reported today (18,500 deaths to date)

There are 3,973 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized, and 29% of these people are in the intensive care unit. View additional COVID-19 metrics on the LA County COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard and the COVID-19 Cases and Deaths by City/Community table.

Although cases may be declining overall, there remains an alarming gap between Latino/Latinx residents and other groups. For Latino/Latinx residents, the daily rate of new cases was more than 2,300 per 100,000 people on January 11. Since then, the rate dropped to 856 new cases per 100,000 people, but this rate is still more than two times that of African American/Black residents who have the second highest case rate of 400 new cases per 100,000 per day. Asian residents have a case rate of 319 per 100,000 people and White residents have a case rate of 318 per 100,000 people. Individuals and families, which are part of the hardest hit communities, continue to remain a priority for Public Health, including efforts to vaccinate residents most heavily impacted.

Please continue to protect yourself and those around you by wearing a face covering, washing your hands regularly, staying at home as much as possible, keeping at least six feet of physical distance from others when in public, and avoiding people who do not live with you.