The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 to increase the minimum wage for tourism workers at a more gradual rate and provide improved health care benefits.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-3 Wednesday to increase the minimum wage for tourism workers at a more gradual rate and provide improved health care benefits, a move that comes as the region prepares to host several major sporting events in the coming years.
"No one should work a full-time job in the city of LA and not be able to afford a place to live," Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson said in a statement. Park, Rodriguez and Lee introduced several amendments to the proposal, which all failed in separate 10-5 votes. They sought an alternate schedule for such pay increases and a different health benefit plan, among other things, which they argued represented more of a compromise with the hotel industry.
While some council members criticized the report for failing to capture the impacts to hotel owners, L.A. Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso reiterated that hotel owners did not participate nor provide requested information for BEAR to conduct a more granular analysis. Chad Maender, president and CEO of the LAX Coastal Chamber of Commerce, representing close to 700 businesses around the airport, warned the council that approving the proposal would increase wages by 55% overnight for hotel and LAX-related businesses.
The operator of Embassy Suites LAX, Embassy Suites Los Angeles Downey and the Pierside Hotel Santa Monica would be unable to continue to provide anything other than entry level roles and wages, officials said.
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