Long Beach in southern California is one of the places worst hit by COVID-19 in the United States.
The city was one of the first to propose "hero pay" - extra wages for essential workers such as supermarket staff.
But what happened next has sparked outrage.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
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The city was one of the first to propose "hero pay" - extra wages for essential workers such as supermarket staff.
But what happened next has sparked outrage.
Al Jazeera's Rob Reynolds reports.
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