The Anaheim City Council voted 7-0 this week to request an economic impact study and put off making a decision about an initiative—which would raise wages and reform work conditions for hotel workers—until their meeting on June 13.
If adopted, the proposed ordinance would raise the minimum wage for hotel workers to $25 an hour—versus the current $17 or $18 an hour. It would also prohibit mandatory overtime and require overtime wages for those who exceed workload limits.
Under the initiative, hotel operators would also have to retain workers for at least 90 days after an ownership change.
Councilman Carlos Leon and Mayor Ashleigh Aitken initially attempted to pass the ordinance at the meeting on May 16 without any changes, but it failed in a 2-5 vote with councilors Natalie Meeks, Norma Campus Kurtz, Natalie Rubalcava, Stephen Faessel, and Jose Diaz voting against….