City council in Anaheim, Calif. voted to table a hazard pay ordinance that sought to pay grocery and retail workers an extra $3 per hour for 60 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ordinance was initiated by Councilmember Jose Moreno during a May 11 city council meeting, and received support from councilmembers Jordan Brandman and Avelino Valencia. The topic was heavily debated, with the majority of councilmembers opposing the measure. During council’s May 18 meeting, the hazard pay proposal was agendized both as an urgency ordinance and a traditional ordinance, at Moreno’s request. If the urgency ordinance had passed, the increased payments would have gone into effect immediately. If the traditional ordinance was approved, it would have required a second reading at council’s next meeting before taking effect 30 days later. During the most recent meeting, Moreno and Valencia spoke in support of the issue, though a motion to table the item was created by Councilmember Trevor O’Neil after he felt the item had already …