homeless in hotels
LA Homeless-in-Hotels Removed From March 2024 Ballot
AHLA | December 6, 2023
WASHINGTON (Dec. 6, 2023) – American Hotel & Lodging Association President & CEO Chip Rogers released the below statement today after the Los Angeles City Council voted to withdraw from the March 2024 ballot a union-backed measure that would have required all hotels in the city to house homeless people next to paying guests. The ballot measure was proposed by Unite Here Local 11, a union representing Los Angeles hospitality workers. Unite Here agreed to remove the ballot measure under pressure from hoteliers and the LA City Council. “For nearly two years, Unite Here created an atmosphere of dangerous uncertainty for hotel emplo...
Angelenos Protecting Hospitality Launches Campaign Against Ballot Initiative That Would Force Hotels to House Homeless People Next to Paying Guests
Angelenos Protecting Hospitality | October 19, 2023
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 19, 2023) – Today, Angelenos Protecting Hospitality (APH) officially launched. APH is the lead group that will work with Los Angeles voters and stakeholders to defeat a ballot initiative that would force all hotels in the city to house homeless people next to paying guests. Los Angeles residents are set to vote in March 2024 on whether to require all local hotels to house homeless people next to paying guests as part of a measure proposed by Unite Here, a labor union that represents LA-area hotel workers. If the initiative passes, LA would become the first city in American history to force hotels to house homeless peo...
