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Susana Barrios
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Subject:\[EXTERNAL\] Letter of Support for Safety Ordinance
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Attached I have a letter in support of the hotel safety ordinance in the City of Anaheim.
Dennis Yunk
President
Anaheim Firefighters L2899
President@anaheimfirefighters.org
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June 9,2023
Office of the Mayor and City Council
City of Anaheim
200 S.Anaheim Boulevard,Suite 733
Anaheim,CA 92805
RE:SUPPORT City of Anaheim Hotel Worker Safety Ordinance
Dear Mayor,Mayor Pro Tem and City Council,
On behalf of the Anaheim Firefighters Association I write this in support of the Hotel Safety
Worker Ordinance,Item 28.At the May 16,2023,Council meeting,Mayor Pro Tem Natalie
Rubalcava agendized the consideration for adoption of a Hotel Worker Safety Ordinance.After
council discussion there was a unanimous vote of 7 to 0 in favor of adopting an ordinance that
prioritizes hotel worker safety.
As a member of the public safety community in the City of Anaheim,we support an ordinance of
this type.We expect the City of Anaheim,the economic engine of the County of Orange,to
lead in creating comprehensive policies that ensure the hospitality industry workers in our city
have the necessary safety protocols in place to conduct their assigned responsibilities without
any fear of sexual assault,violence,or criminal activity against them.Furthermore,we support
an ordinance that ensures this population is not retaliated against by an employer,if they should
have to report activity that creates an unsafe working environment.
For the reasons stated above,the Anaheim Firefighters Association supports the proposed
ordinance and encourages the city council to expeditiously adopt the Hotel Worker Safety
ordinance to ensure our hotel employees have adequate safeguards in place to protect them while
working at a hotel in Anaheim.
In Service,
Dennis Yunk
President
Anaheim Firefighters Association L2899