Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a Los Angeles County Health Department press conference on the CCP virus in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 4, 2020. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Los Angeles authorities will cut off water and power to properties where parties are taking place, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday.
“While we have already closed all nightclubs and bars, these large house parties have essentially become nightclubs in the Hills,” Garcetti, a Democrat, said at a press conference.