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Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) / Wage Rate for Hotel Worker / Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.37.2(a)(2)

Council File 25-1466

Introduced
2025-12-05
Last changed
2026-05-19
Status
open
Expires
2028-05-18
Mover
MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON
Second
JOHN S. LEE
References
Chief Legislative Analyst Report: 26-05-0364City Attorney Report: R26-0293

Brief

Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson moved to amend Los Angeles Administrative Code Section 10.37.2(a)(2) to update the mechanism for setting hotel worker minimum wages. The ordinance ties wage adjustments to the CPI-W index. Council adopted the measure on May 19, 2026 by an 11-4 vote, with a second reading scheduled for May 26. The motion went through substitute and amended versions before final passage.

Full summary

This ordinance revises wage and health benefit provisions for both hotel workers and airport employees by amending Los Angeles Administrative Code Sections 10.37.2 and 10.37.3 and Los Angeles Municipal Code Sections 186.02 and 186.04. The central change updates how minimum wage rates are indexed and adjusted, tying them to the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). The file was introduced by Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson and seconded by Councilmember John S. Lee. The legislative path involved several rounds of revision. After referral to the Economic Development and Jobs Committee and the Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee in December 2025, and a Community Impact Statement from the Los Feliz Neighborhood Council in January 2026, the Council took up the matter in May 2026. A Substitute Motion was adopted on May 13. At that same session, a competing amendment by Councilmembers Monica Rodriguez and Tracy Park failed. That amendment would have directed the Chief Legislative Analyst and City Attorney to develop findings and draft language carving restaurants inside hotels out of the Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance, with a definition explicitly excluding entities that provide room service or banquet services to hotel guests from any restaurant exemption. Its failure means no such carve-out was included in the final ordinance. Following the May 13 vote, the City Attorney prepared a revised draft ordinance, noting that in addition to implementing the Substitute Motion's directives, the draft corrected effective dates in the parallel hotel and airport wage provisions to ensure consistency across both code sections. On May 19, 2026, the Council voted 11-4 to adopt an Amending Motion and the revised ordinance. The ordinance was held over for a mandatory second reading on May 26 pursuant to Council Rule 51, subject to reconsideration, and remains pending final passage.

Activity (9)

  • 2026-05-19 Council Adopted Amending Motion 26A (Harris-Dawson - Lee) and Adopted Motion (Harris-Dawson – Lee) to adopt the revised Ordinance dated May 19, 2026; Ordinance held over to May 26 for a second reading, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2026-05-18 City Attorney document(s) referred to Council.
  • 2026-05-18 Document submitted by City Attorney, dated May 18, 2026.
  • 2026-05-15 Council scheduled item for Council on May 19, 2026.
  • 2026-05-13 Council adopted Substitute Motion 20A (Harris-Dawson - Lee), subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2026-05-08 Corrected Referral per Council President to change referral to Council.
  • 2026-05-08 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 13, 2026.
  • 2026-01-23 Community Impact Statement submitted by Los Feliz Neighborhood Council.
  • 2025-12-05 Motion referred to Economic Development and Jobs Committee; Trade, Travel, and Tourism Committee.

Documents (54)

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