L.A. Mayor, Reformation Partner to Organize Garment Manufacturers to Make Protective Clothing

L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced at his daily COVID-19 press briefing on Thursday night a new partnership with clothing brand Reformation to organize the city’s garment manufacturers to make protective masks. The L.A. Protects initiative will leverage the city’s manufacturing facilities and garment workers not to make the medical-grade N95 masks so desperately needed by healthcare workers, but rather protective masks for other essential workers on the frontlines, including grocery clerks and food delivery people. Reformation has been deputized to recruit and organize other L.A. garment and apparel manufacturers to supply materials and support manufacturing the protective equipment at scale. It will lend expertise in garment and apparel production, providing quality assurance checks and building out funding and support for the initiative through sales to essential businesses. The goal is to produce 5 million masks, Garcetti said, adding that manufacturers interested in participating, and businesses in need of protective masks, can go to laprotects.org for more information. The website has also open-sourced specs on how to make the masks and safety information for manufacturing. “Angelenos step up and we’re so grateful to Reformation,” he added, noting that the initiative will help get some people back to work, including many lower-income immigrants in the garment

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