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California Tax Filing I was able to confirm today that the State of California has extended the tax filing date from April 15th to July 15th.  This coincides with the Federal tax filing deadline.

Use Your ATO/Sick Time I want you all to know that I understand the difficulties that everyone is having to confront at the moment and, next to remaining healthy,  your income and finances are of great concern. Over the last few days I have been gathering a lot of information on how we can manage [...]

Credit Card Debt In my open letter to all staff on March 19th I let everyone know that I welcomed any suggestions regarding how we can all get through this time.  Here is one that I must share as it can be of tremendous help to each and everyone of us.   Jennifer Lindsey from [...]

No Evictions On March 15th, Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti issued an Emergency Order which implemented a number of measures designed to protect the public and contain the risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus. Additionally, the Mayor issued a temporary moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent for tenants who are unable to pay rent due [...]

Access Your Payroll Information I have received a number of texts and emails from staff asking for details of their payroll information needed for filing with the EDD to obtain Unemployment Insurance benefits. You can access all of your payroll information, including pay stubs from 2018 - to present time, as well as tax documents [...]

A Message from the Executive Director Dear Mission: Renaissance Family, I want to begin by thanking you all for being part of this very special team and hope that you and your family are safe and healthy.   The last few days have been trying on us all as we have been forced to temporarily [...]

Highly Recommended With the recent "Stay at Home" order in effect it is uncertain as to when we will be able to return to full operation in California.. It is thereby highly recommended that you immediately apply for Unemployment Insurance through the California Employment Development Department. I encourage every M:R team member to file for [...]

"Stay at Home" Order Handed Down Earlier this evening Governor Newsom issued a statewide "Stay at Home" order in a bold effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.  This order took effect this evening and means that ALL non-essential business are to remain closed for 30 days. Here is what has been deemed as "essential [...]

Online Students Exceed 250 I couldn't be more proud of what we are doing as a group.  Amid all of the chaos, we are injecting something so creative into the lives of the public.  As of 2:00 am on 3/19/2020 we have 250 people enrolled and attending our online lessons - all of them creating [...]