By Brian Day and Carlos Saucedo, inludes “Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced plans to furlough thousands of city workers for 26 days out of the next fiscal year as one of several measures to help balance the budget … Garcetti called on the federal government to loosen regulations to allow federal funds be used to repay more of the city’s COVID-19 related expenses. ‘Help bail out America’s cities just as you bailed out the banks,’ he said.”