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Susana Barrios
From:Theresa Bass
Sent:Monday, June 12, 2023 9:25 AM
To:Public Comment
Subject:FW: \[EXTERNAL\] Fwd: Hotel Worker Safety Ordinance
Attachments:City of Anaheim Safety Ordinance_APA Support Letter.pdf
Jose Duran
President
Anaheim Police Association
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June 8, 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 Police Association, I write 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 the 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 workers’ safety.
As a member of the public safety community in the City of Anaheim, we strongly 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
have to report activity that creates an unsafe working environment.
For the reasons stated above, the Anaheim Police 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,
Jose Duran-President
Anaheim Police Association