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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] May 16 | Item 18 Hotel Worker Safety
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Dear Mayor and Members of the Council,
Attached please find the Anaheim Chamber’s letter in support of Council directing staff to draft
an ordinance addressing hotel worker safety.
Thank you,
L AURA C UNNINGHAM
President & CEO
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laura@anaheimchamber.org
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2099 S. State College Blvd, Suite 650 Anaheim, CA 92806 T (714) 758-0222 AnaheimChamber.org
May 16, 2023
Mayor Ashleigh Aitken, Mayor Pro Tem Natalie Rubalcava, and Council Members
Anaheim City Hall
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
RE: SUPPORT Agenda Item 18 – Hotel Worker Safety
Dear Mayor Aitken, Mayor Pro Tem Rubalcava, and Members of the City Council:
On behalf of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce, I write in support of agenda item
18 directing the drafting of an ordinance addressing hotel worker safety.
Providing personal security devices for hotel workers is an idea with broad consensus.
Indeed, many of Anaheim’s hotels have already installed these devices. A written
notice to hotel guests regarding the ordinance and that any guest will be removed at
their own expense are common sense measures. Annual training during paid work
hours and paid time to report conduct to the police are reasonable policies.
As you prepare the ordinance, I urge you to ensure that hotels of varying sizes are
included in the discussion. Any such ordinance should ensure flexibility for the hotels
on who is designated to receive alerts because each hotel may have different
determinations in how to optimally implement this.
The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce thanks Mayor Pro Tem Rubalcava for proposing
an ordinance on hotel worker safety. I thank the Council for working to strengthen
safety in Anaheim.
Sincerely,
Laura Cunningham
President & CEO