A measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to place unhoused people in vacant rooms will appear on the March 2024 ballot.
The initiative received more than 126,000 signatures and was submitted to the City Council, which voted unanimously Friday to place it on the ballot rather than adopt it immediately. The proposal comes as, a program created in response to the coronavirus pandemic that provided shelters for more than 10,000 homeless individuals during the past two years, is being phased out.
Hotel owners in Los Angeles are up in arms as city leaders get ready to vote on an initiative that would force them to house the homeless. Rozman added that she feared insurance companies would increase premiums if the measure passes. She said some organizers of large conferences are already contemplating pulling events from Los Angeles.
Councilman Paul Krekorian, without stating a position on the measure, said special interest groups backing "any ridiculous policy proposal that can get enough Trader Joe's shoppers to sign a petition should not be the law of the city of Los Angeles, just because a petition qualifies.""I'm grateful that on this item, we voted to put this matter before the voters, where it belongs," Krekorian said. "If the voters want to pass it, great. If they don't, great.
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