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Saturday, May. 2, 2020

Has Los Angeles offered monetary rewards for people reporting on others who break shutdown rules?

Remaya Campbell, Gigafact Foundry
no

The Los Angeles mayor has repeatedly encouraged residents to report non-essential businesses operating in defiance of the entire county’s "safer-at-home" order. There is no call to report individuals themselves for non-compliance.

In a briefing on March 31, Mayor Eric Garcetti encouraged continued reporting, saying, “You know the old expression about snitches? Well in this case snitches get rewards. We want to thank you for turning folks in and making sure we are all safe.”

Beyond the county’s gratitude, there is no monetary reward given to whistleblowers.

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