LA city leaders unveiled an ordinance this week that would require developers to replace any permanent housing that’s lost to make way for new hotels. It comes amid an ongoing strike involving 15,000 Southern California hotel workers. Los Angeles city leaders unveiled a proposed ordinance this week that would require developers to replace any permanent housing that’s lost to make way for new hotels.
“We are grateful that the LA City Council found a path to a common-sense solution that will protect hotel employees from the ballot measure proponent’s very harmful proposal,” Mohrfeld said in a statement. The ordinance would require all new hotel developments to obtain a conditional use permit, a process that involves a public review of any effect on the city’s existing housing supply.
In an interview Friday, Unite Here Co-President Kurt Petersen said the union is prepared to withdraw its ballot initiative once the Los Angeles Responsible Hotel Ordinance is formally approved. The deadline to withdraw the measure from the ballot is Dec. 1.