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Susana Barrios
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Subject:Letter to Council RE Agenda Item 16 (Reso Opposing Measure A)
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From: Laura Cunningham <Laura@anaheimchamber.org>
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Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Letter to Council RE Agenda Item 16 (Reso Opposing Measure A)
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Dear Mayor Aitken and members of the City Council:
Please find letter of support for Agenda Item 16 on tomorrow's Council agenda.
L AURA C UNNINGHAM
President & CEO
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laura@anaheimchamber.org
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July 17, 2023
Anaheim City Council
200 S. Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
RE: Agenda Item 16 – Resolution Opposing Measure A
Dear Mayor Aitken and Members of the City Council:
The Anaheim Chamber of Commerce supports Agenda Item 16 on the July 18
Council agenda to adopt a resolution in opposition to Measure A on the October 3
special election ballot.
The Baker Tilly fiscal impact analysis commissioned by the City found that the
passage of Measure A would mean the impact on just the Anaheim Convention
Center alone would cost the City budget nearly $9 million in reduced revenues.
As we know, the initiative has a far broader impact, applying to every hotel and
every event center in Anaheim. It is safe to say the negative impact on city
revenues will be significantly higher than simply the $9 million hit from decreased
Convention Center revenues.
The Beacon Economics fiscal impact analysis commissioned by the City Council
found Measure A will cost Anaheim taxpayers at least $4 million each year from
reduced hotel tax revenue. At the June 13 Council meeting, the City’s Finance
staff estimated that Measure A’s costs to the City budget would rise to $68 million
per year within a decade.
Measure A is a ticking time bomb that imposes destructive, complicated and
onerous work rules that will make it difficult, if not impossible, for the many
family-owned, independent hotels in Anaheim to operate.
Measure A will triple or even quadruple housekeeping costs . The costly litigation
stemming from even minor failures to comply with the initiative’s byzantine rules
could prove ruinous for many Anaheim businesses. It is a gift to trial attorneys
looking to profit from lawsuits over technical issues.
A wide array of non-hotel event centers ranging from miniature golf courses to
bowling alleys to nonprofit organizations to houses of worship would also be
devastated by the impacts of Measure A.
Further, Measure A requires the City to construct a bureaucracy to respond to
complaints resulting from this measure. The Baker Tilly report commissioned by
Anaheim City Council
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the City estimates it will cost the City at least $750,000 per year to set up the unit
to respond to Measure A complaints.
We thank Councilmember Natalie Meeks for asking for Agenda Item 16 to be
agendized for the City Council to formally oppose Measure A.
On behalf of the members of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce and the broader
Anaheim business community, I urge the council to approve Agenda Item 16 to
oppose Measure A.
Sincerely,
Laura Cunningham
President and CEO
Anaheim Chamber of Commerce