ORDINANCE NO. __________
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING A HOTEL AND EVENT
CENTER MINIMUM WAGE, WORKER RETENTION, AND
HOTEL WORKER SAFETY AND WORKLOAD INITIATIVE
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1303 OF THE
ANAHEIM CITY CHARTER AND SECTION 9215 OF THE
ELECTIONS CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1303 of the Anaheim City Charter and Section 9215 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the City Council of the City of Anaheim has received a duly signed and certified initiative petition containing the signatures of not less than ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the City according to the last report of registration by the county elections official to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 2187 of the Elections Code of the State of California, which initiative petition proposes a City ordinance that would require Anaheim hotels and event centers (including publicly or privately owned convention centers, concert halls, stadiums, and sports arenas of over 20,000 square feet) to pay their workers service charges and a minimum wage starting at $25/hour, and to retain most of their workers for at least 90 days after an ownership change, mandate the provision of electronic security devices to certain hotel workers, require overtime wages to hotel workers who exceed workload limits, and prohibit mandatory overtime (the “initiative measure”); and WHEREAS, the City Council is required to either adopt the initiative measure, without amendment, or submit the initiative measure to a vote of the electorate of the City pursuant to Section 1405 of the Elections Code of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt the initiative measure in accordance with the provisions and requirements of Section 9215 of the Elections Code of the State of California as made applicable to the City of Anaheim by the provisions of Section 1303 of the Anaheim City Charter.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1303 of the Anaheim City Charter, and Section 9215 of the Elections Code of the State of California, the initiative measure attached hereto, marked Exhibit A hereof, and incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth, is hereby adopted in its entirety.
SECTION 2. That the provisions of this ordinance hereby adopted shall not be repealed or amended except by a vote of the electorate of the City of Anaheim in accordance with the requirements of Section 9217 of the Elections Code of the State of California.
SECTION 3. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this ordinance.
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 16th day of May 2023, by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
CITY OF ANAHEIM
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MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
ATTEST:
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CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM
EXHIBIT A
Initiative Measure