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• Thursday, March 19, 2020
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MORE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES City Council, Mayor Enact State of Emergency and Eviction Moratorium TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON RESIDENTIAL EVICTIONS: The City of San Diego’s eviction moratorium would protect San Diego tenants within the City limits who are unable to pay rent due to economic impacts associated with the outbreak of COVID-19. I request that the following direction be considered: • Must not extend beyond the duration of City’s declaration of emergency related to the COVID-19 outbreak, but may be extended for a longer period by the Council. • Include a process for affected renters to notify their landlords on or before the day that rent is due of the substantial loss of income and demonstrate substantial loss of income, through documentation or other objectively verifiable means, resulting from the COVID-19.
By Staff Writer Voice & Viewpoint
On Tuesday, March 17, the San Diego City Council voted to put in place an eviction moratorium to protect residents and businesses adversely impacted by the recent outbreak of the coronavirus. The City Council also ratified Mayor Kevin Faulconer’s state of emergency “The COVID-19 pandemic is already causing harm throughout our communities and across our regional economy, impacting vulnerable families, individuals, and
• Include a process to measure substantial loss of income.
businesses,” Gómez said. “We must act immediately to protect those who most are at risk of devastating financial hardship.”
• City shall advocate with the relevant organizations for temporary state and federal financial relief for burdened unpaid landlords from the burden of such costs as property taxes, utility charges, and foreclosure.
Gómez’ proposals also included enforcing earned sick leave, freezing business tax collections, freezing utility shut offs and late fees, establishing temporary relief funding for city workers laid off or furloughed and opening hotel rooms to unsheltered people in the city.
• SDHC shall seek access to flexible emergency funding that the Government and make available in order to assist renters and landlords in making their payments.
PARENTS:
EDUCATIONAL CONTENT IS AVAILABLE ON TV, ONLINE DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES Courtesy of San Diego County Office of Education KPBS, San Diego Unified, and the San Diego County Office of Education are providing TK-12 educational programming during the Coronavirus school closures. Launched on Monday, March 16, the initiative, “At-Home Learning: Where Children Matter,” will bring 12 hours of state standards-aligned television programming scheduled by grade level, and free access to a digital library of educational resources. KPBS programming and PBS LearningMedia educational resources are free to families, educators, and the community to support learning during the school closures. The partnership will help to ensure students and families have access to robust learning materials.
“It’s critical that learning continues for all students in this time of uncertainty,” said Dr. Paul Gothold, San Diego County Superintendent of Schools. “Schools may be closed but our responsibility to our students’ future remains. We can’t let students who have worked so hard lose that hardwon progress away from the classroom.” For educators and administrators, SDCOE has also launched a directory of resources to support alternative curriculum delivery. The site includes planning documents, open educational resources, links to free video conferencing and learning management systems, and details on free internet access programs for families. Go to https:// covid-19.sdcoe.net/ for resources and more.
“This collaboration provides students in San Diego Unified and throughout the county opportunities to continue their learning during this crisis with equity and access in mind,” said San Diego Unified Superintendent Cindy Marten. There are more than 500,000 students in the county, including the 3,150 children SDCOE educates each year through our Juvenile Court and Community Schools. The programming and schedule help districts and schools bridge the digital divide and provide equitable access to learning for all students at home, regardless of access to the internet or computers.
Broadcast Resources
How to Watch
Digital Resources
How to Get Started
Beginning Monday, March 16, KPBS 2 will broadcast 12 hours of programming selected to meet the TK-12 California educational standards. The programming will be from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in viewing blocks by grade level:
A student does not need access to a computer or the Internet to watch. Tune into KPBS 2 with an antenna at channel 15.2, or on Cox 811 or Spectrum 1277. The programming and digital content is also accessible via mobile. Direct TV, Dish, and AT&T U-verse do not carry KPBS 2. If you have this service, change the input on your TV to use the antenna and watch over the air on channel 15.2.
California students and educators have immediate access to an online library of free educational resources from PBS LearningMedia, including videos, associated lesson plans, hosted training sessions, and self-guided how-to resources for teachers. These will accompany PBS’s trusted programs and align with current classroom standards.
Educators and parents can join a 15-minute webinar to learn how to use PBS LearningMedia California. Live webinars are hosted twice daily through Bay Area public media station KQED.
• 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Grades TK-3 • 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Grades 4-8 • 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Grades 9-12
• Register to join at 7:30 a.m. or 3:30 p.m. • Here is the Get Started with PBS LearningMedia Guide PBS LearningMedia is committed to inclusion, diversity, and accessibility. With this in mind, PBS is continuously taking steps to improve the website to meet online usability and design standards recommended by WCAG 2.0 AA and other standards outlined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The site works with screen readers and meets contrast requirements for the visually impaired. For assistance with the site visit the PBS LearningMedia help webpage
Additional SDUSD Visual Arts Resources In addition, San Diego Unified has a resource link for extracurricular visual and performing arts resources for students. Though the educational resources are not graded and are intended to support independent content-area learning, they are robust and fun for all ages. More more information visit https://sites.google. com/sandi.net/vapavirtualresources.
