Santa Monica Curfew Set For Wednesday, Extended To Later Time

SANTA MONICA, CA — Santa Monica extended its emergency curfew for residents and businesses from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 6 a.m. Thursday, city officials announced.

"This aligns with Los Angeles County," Santa Monica city officials said in a news release. Los Angeles County later updated to say curfew was extended to 9 p.m. across Los Angeles County. Patch reached out to Santa Monica city officials to see if there were changes with the citywide curfew in Santa Monica.

Downtown parking structures remained closed after 6 p.m. Ride share and shared mobility service into Santa Monica will suspend after 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Big Blue Bus is running the normal weekday service. Any changes to service online at bigbluebus.com.

"Curfews are set based on an overall assessment of the risks of conduct posing a threat to persons or property," city officials said in a news release. "The city will be reevaluating the circumstances each day to see whether a curfew remains necessary and if so what the appropriate start time for that curfew is."

The National Guard is still in Santa Monica and police continue to monitor neighborhoods by helicopter during the afternoon and evening.

"We appreciate your partnership in following the curfew," police said.

Santa Monica residents and businesses have been on emergency curfew since Sunday as the city continues efforts to clean and rebuild hundreds of businesses in Santa Monica that were damaged during Sunday's unrest and looting.

There were 41 people arrested Monday and 438 arrests on Sunday, officials announced.

"The city has recorded 347 damage reports, including 84 reports of graffiti and 292 reports of damage to retail businesses, of which 155 indicated significant damage," the city said in a news release.

Santa Monica city officials urge any businesses affected by damages to get further details on the estimated cost of damages and stolen property.

Business owners can report past looting and vandalism to santamonicapd.org/crimereport/. The most important question to answer is 3. All other questions can be answered with "no."

Community members can continue to submit information related to evidence and surveillance to info@santamonica.gov.

Santa Monica Mayor Kevin McKeown described the scene Monday morning downtown.

"If you were out around our city Monday morning, as I was, you know our streets were full of residents with brooms and sweepers," he said. "Volunteers cleaned graffiti off walls. The resilient spirit of our city was evident everywhere. Even after the shocking events of Sunday, it is again great to be a Santa Monican. Thank you to all who were pitching in."

"We continue to grieve for the losses to our businesses and neighborhoods on Sunday, and we continue to be outraged over the death of George Floyd and the unacceptable persistence of institutional racism," McKeown said. "Nonetheless, on Monday we showed that we can learn from tragedy, get back up, and commit ourselves to a better city."

"So, the broken glass is swept, and we thank the 130 National Guard officers now standing with us, but we can't pretend we're back to normal," he said. "It shouldn't take a citywide curfew for us to feel safe in our homes. We will make it to another bright day today, and continue to work together to put the shine back on Santa Monica. The criminals who overran downtown on Sunday can take their stolen sneakers, but they can never take from us the most valued asset we share — each other."

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