A boy chases a bird on an empty Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. The strains of mariachi trios have fallen silent and the fragrance of taquitos frying has become less pungent. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A merchant closes her shop for the day on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. Only a handful of businesses remain open on weekdays as tourism has cratered and downtown offices are closed and festive events held throughout the year have been canceled. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Debbie Briano, a fourth-generation owner of Mexican restaurant, El Rancho Grande, works in her restaurant on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Briano still decorated her cafe like she normally would at Christmas. She bought poinsettias, put up a real tree, hung tinsel, lights, and strung little snowmen and Santa Claus above her window. "I had to do that to feel normal," she said. "I' m not going to let COVID take away our Christmas magic." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Debbie Briano, a fourth-generation owner of Mexican restaurant, El Rancho Grande, looks at her Christmas decorations in her restaurant on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Briano still decorated her cafe like she normally would at Christmas. She bought poinsettias, put up a real tree, hung tinsel, lights, and strung little snowmen and Santa Claus above her window. "I had to do that to feel normal," she said. "I' m not going to let COVID take away our Christmas magic." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Victor Flores, 66, a third-generation owner of a gift shop, sweeps the steps of his store on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the open ones have few, if any, customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A man wearing a face mask walks past shuttered market stalls on empty Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Debbie Briano, a fourth-generation owner of Mexican restaurant, El Rancho Grande, waits for customers in her restaurant on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Even as the December light casts long shadows over the market, Briano is not giving up. She's serving takeout food and is paying five employees, including brothers who have worked there 55 years and 48 years each, but not herself. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dusty chairs are placed on top of dining tables in the patio area of a shuttered restaurant on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Traditional Mexican folk dresses are seen between shuttered market stalls on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Two customers eat their lunch in front of shuttered market stalls on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. Only a handful of businesses remain open on weekdays as tourism has cratered and downtown offices are closed and festive events held throughout the year have been canceled. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Valo Martinez, a 63-year-old cook working at El Rancho Grande, waits for customers on Olvera Street lined with shuttered market stalls in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. Only a handful of businesses remain open on weekdays as tourism has cratered and downtown offices are closed and festive events held throughout the year have been canceled. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Debbie Briano, a fourth-generation owner of Mexican restaurant, El Rancho Grande, works in her restaurant next to chairs and tables pushed against the wall on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Briano still decorated her cafe like she normally would at Christmas. She bought poinsettias, put up a real tree, hung tinsel, lights, and strung little snowmen and Santa Claus above her window. "I had to do that to feel normal," she said. "I' m not going to let COVID take away our Christmas magic." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Framed paintings depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe and Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are placed outside a gift shop on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A framed painting depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe is propped against a shuttered market stall on empty Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Edward Flores, 56, a fourth-generation owner of Juanita's Cafe, pushes his cart through empty Olvera Street after closing his restaurant for the day in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. "It's pretty grim right now," said Flores. "I know of six (businesses) that have gone belly up. These are my neighbors and my friends. To see them fail through no fault of their own is heartbreaking." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Valo Martinez, a 63-year-old cook working at El Rancho Grande, waits for customers on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. The tree-covered brick alley typically teeming with tourists is empty. Many of the shops that sell everything from traditional Mexican folk dresses to paintings of artist Frida Kahlo to sombreros are padlocked and the ones open have few, if any, customers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Debbie Briano, foreground, a fourth-generation owner of Mexican restaurant, El Rancho Grande, talks to her cook Valo Martinez while waiting for customers on empty Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Even as the December light casts long shadows over the market, Briano is not giving up. She's serving takeout food and is paying five employees, including brothers who have worked there 55 years and 48 years each, but not herself. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Jesus Hernandez, a merchant who owns a gift shop on Olvera Street that only opens on weekends due to the pandemic, waits for a key to store his uncle's life-size stuffed donkey, a photo prop named George, in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

A shaft of light falls on a shuttered market stall on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Leather artisan Armando Murillo works in his shop on Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Olvera Street, known as the birthplace of Los Angeles, has been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with shops and restaurants closed and others barely hanging on. Only a handful of businesses remain open on weekdays as tourism has cratered and downtown offices are closed and festive events held throughout the year have been canceled. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)