The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.

The ‘quiet zone,’ a 1-square-mile section of downtown, seemed to be yielding positive results, with less chaos and property damage overnight Wednesday.

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.

Some businesses in downtown Los Angeles have boarded up windows and taken other precautions ahead of a weekend of demonstrations on the heels of a tumultuous week. Part of downtown Los Angeles — a few blocks around City Hall and the federal detention center — became the epicenter this week for protests over immigration enforcement raids.

With a curfew again imposed on downtown L.A. on Wednesday, several local businesses are closing earlier, canceling events — or not changing plans at all.

There will be “limited exceptions” to the curfew — residents of the area, “people traveling to and from work and credentialed media representatives,” according to Mayor

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that an overnight curfew for downtown neighborhoods will remain in effect indefinitely.

Protesters gathered in the area outside of the curfew zone, but there were still some confrontations when police moved to break up a crowd of several hundred people. An unlawful assembly was declared around 6:30 p.m. and according to the Los Angeles Police Department, 71 people were arrested on suspicion of failure to disperse.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested hundreds after the city’s mayor instituted measures seeking to quell violence in the metropolis. After 23 businesses were vandalized Monday evening, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew on Tuesday,