Opinion: Susan Shelley: The bizarre politics of Los Angeles’ bizarre hotel ballot measure
In March, voters in the city of Los Angeles will be asked to decide whether to approve the “Responsible Hotel Ordinance,” a measure that would require hotel operators to report to the city, every day, the number of vacant rooms in their property so the city can send homeless people over to the hotels to stay in the rooms that night.Imagine the dismay of the people who work in the hotels if they have to manage that situation.
If you thought insurance companies were bailing out of California before, wait until they have to cover this. By August of last year, the union had collected enough signatures to qualify the Responsible Hotel Ordinance for the ballot. The City Council had only two choices: adopt the measure without an election, or send it to the ballot. The vote was 12-0 to send it as far away as possible. So it’s on the March 5 primary ballot in the City of Los Angeles. Hotels in other parts of L.A.
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