Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Distributes Masks in Koreatown In Midst of Heated Race For 10th City Council Seat - L.A. Focus Newspaper

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Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Distributes Masks in Koreatown In Midst of Heated Race For 10th City Council Seat - L.A. Focus Newspaper

L.A. Focus Staff Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas recently visited St. James Episcopal Church in Koreatown to give out thousands of masks in an effort to equip the public with the tools they need to combat the spread of the coronavirus. “We are proactively communicating that we should wear our masks, and that we have to sanitize […]

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