Fears of anticipated civil unrest at Costa Mesa's South Coast Plaza, following reports that a protest was being planned there for Monday evening, delayed the shopping center's reopening after closure due to the coronavirus.
Many businesses downtown Huntington Beach were boarded up Sunday night, when no major looting was reported during a protest, which was deemed an unlawful assembly by the Huntington Beach Police Department.
City Hall had also tentatively planned to reopen Monday, but that has been postponed, a city spokesman said. City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison declared a local emergency Sunday evening, shutting down the city to the public from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday, as organizers protested and rioters clashed with police in nearby Huntington Beach. Hundreds of protesters gathered Sunday in Huntington Beach. Police fired nonlethal rounds, and the crowd cleared. Immediately after the city’s announcement on social media, Costa Mesa Police Department representatives explained on Twitter that the curfew was a response to unrest in neighboring cities and social media posts conveying “plans to congregate in the city merely to loot and vandalize businesses.”“While the city of Costa Mesa supports the public’s right to peaceably assemble and protest outside the curfew hours, it does not support vandalism, rioting and looting,” read the department’s tweets. “During the curfew, all persons are prohibited from traveling on public streets, alleys, parks or any public place.” Department spokeswoman Roxi Fyad said police are monitoring the city and responding to community concerns. “We do have an action plan in place; we just can’t share specifics,” Fyad said Monday. “We’ve got to make sure we’re ensuring officers’ safety.”
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