R-9 Correspondence – Pouelinna Po
From: Pouelinna Po [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 11:47 AM
To: Mayor <[email protected]>; CityClerk <[email protected]>; Diana Tang <[email protected]>; Council District 1 <[email protected]>; Council District 2 <[email protected]>; Council District 3 <[email protected]>; Council District 4 <[email protected]>; Rahul Sen <[email protected]>; Jack Cunningham <[email protected]>; Council District 5 <[email protected]>; Council District 6 <[email protected]>; Chork Nim <[email protected]>; Council District 7 <[email protected]>; Celina Luna <[email protected]>; Council District 8 <[email protected]>; Lynette Johnson <[email protected]>; Council District 9 <[email protected]>; Matthew Hamlett <[email protected]>; Parker Houston <[email protected]>
Cc: Lian Cheun <[email protected]>; Joy Yanga <[email protected]> Subject: Long Beach Recall & Retention Ordinance Support Letter
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Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council,
Attached you will find our support letter for Item #9 on the agenda.
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Pouelinna Po
Community Organizer
Khmer Girls in Action
1085 Redondo Ave
Long Beach, CA 90804
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f.562.986.9416
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February 15th, 2022
Honorable Mayor and City Council,
On behalf ofKhmer Girls in Actionwe are writingto express our strong support forLong Beach’s Right of Recall and Retention ordinances to become permanent policies in ourCity. We urge you to prioritize the needs of essential workers and ensure that they have theseimportant protections in place for future economic crises. The COVID-19 pandemic has taughtus that we are all interconnected, our lives and our livelihoods depend on getting through thispublic health crisis together with dignity for everyone.
In May of 2020 Long Beach led the nation in putting workers first when they voted unanimouslyto pass ordinances to protect workers’ right to return to work after massive job loss during thestart of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitality and janitorial workers are essential workers, theyare key to our ongoing recovery. But they have been the hardest hit during this pandemic. Wefought for essential workers’ right to return to work after being laid off. These policies have beencritical to protecting the lives and livelihoods of Long Beach workers.
We are concerned that these protections are in danger of repeal, threatening the livelihoods of theessential workers that are still dealing with hardships during the recovery process. TheCOVID-19 pandemic is not over and we need to make sure everyone recovers, not just theprivileged few who can work from the safety of their homes. Our city’s leaders must doeverything possible to prevent a deeper social and economic crisis with race and class definingwho does well and who does not. You all as our elected officials are well positioned to take thenecessary steps needed to address the needs this emergency has heightened.
As community members, our goal is for all of us to be safe and healthy, and we must center thepeople most impacted -- this is not a new approach. It’s called equity. Racial and economicequity is the way forward yesterday, today and tomorrow, and at this moment, more crucial thanever. We urge the Long Beach City Council to make these protections permanent. Recoverymeans everyone! Sincerely,
Lian CheunExecutive Director