The curfew affecting the Civic Center, Chinatown, Little Tokyo and other nearby communities had been in effect nightly from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Bass cited “successful crime prevention and suppression efforts” as the reason for the shift in the curfew’s start time.

After a calm night in downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass is trimming the hours of a curfew. The curfew was imposed last week after days of protests and looting that followed President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Council members are scheduled to meet on Tuesday to consider extending the curfew covering a one-square-mile zone that Bass enacted in response to vandalism and looting during protests over the