Pasadena city officials announced this week that they would be winding down a restaurant assistance program, called Great Plates Deliver, given strained local financial resources. For the record: An earlier version of this article said Pasadena Mayor-elect Victor Gordo intended to write to L.A. County officials regarding the assistance program. The couple launched their restaurant and catering business about nine years ago and said they’d never faced an existential crisis like this. State and federal agencies are supposed to fund the majority of the program, but Pasadena city staff said they weren’t sure when that money would arrive. Since the Great Plates program was introduced, the 21 participating restaurants hired back 110 employees, according to the Pasadena report.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 12, 2020 17:27 UTC