The Los Angeles City Council resumed its regular schedule on March 4—including holding regular Friday meetings—for the first time in two years since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns began in March 2020. During that time, the city council has held only 8 Friday meetings and opted out of 95 Friday meetings—not including recessed Fridays. For 15 months—from March 27, 2020, until June 18, 2021—the city council didn’t hold a single Friday meeting. Though council meetings were mostly held online during the pandemic, and councilmembers met remotely, staff members from the city’s administrative office were still required to be present in council chambers for each meeting. Friday meetings were skipped in order to give those staff members enough time to see if they developed COVID-19 symptoms before the next council meetings were held, a spokesperson for Council President Nury Martinez told the Epoch Times. “We have a responsibility to the people of Los Angeles …