Voters in Laguna Beach are deciding in this current election whether it’s necessary for the town to have a law focused on the hospitality industry ensuring hotel room attendants and other hospitality workers are paid fair wages and have safe working conditions.
Measure S would amend the city’s Municipal Code to require hotel owners and operators to provide hotel employees a minimum wage of $18 an hour. Additionally, it would ensure workers’ wages increase by $1 every year after 2026, which would be adjusted annually. The City Council could always decide to require a higher wage than what the ordinance requires.
The proposed ordinance would also limit the amount of floor space workers can be asked to clean. And it would limit overtime.
Additionally, if voters approve it, the ordinance would require a personal security device to be issued to workers. Hotel owners and operators would also be prohibited from disciplining employees for stopping work to leave a dangerous situation or using a personal security device unless there was evidence of a false security claim.
The measure, which is sponsored by UniteHere Local 11, is one of two geared toward the hospitality industry in Laguna Beach. A second one the labor group is also supporting would require a public vote on new hotels or major remodels of existing hotels.
Supporting a “yes” vote on Measure S, is Councilman George Weiss, who has sent information to the community on the measure. Weiss said the rising poverty rate in the...
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