If passed, it would immediately bump pay for workers at hotels with over 100 rooms to $23 per hour. That rate would go up to $29.50 by July 2028.
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Hyatt Regency and Hyatt Centric reach tentative labor agreement with hotel workers union
The announcement comes after more than seven months of work actions and demands for higher pay and improved benefits. Meanwhile, Hotel Maya’s negotiations remain at a stalemate.
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Convicted pedophile seeks Supreme Court review of Cambodia sex crimes case
The man’s attorneys argue the government used an improper jurisdictional “hook” to file charges in the U.S. for his conduct in Cambodia.
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Is housing health care? State Medicaid programs increasingly say ‘yes’
As people languish on the streets, often struggling with addiction, severe mental illness, and untreated chronic diseases, health care officials and political leaders are turning to health insurance money for relief.
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Ethics Commission to weigh a new proposal that would determine who has to disclose lobbying efforts
Nonprofit leaders say the new law would negatively affect advocacy work and burden their organizations financially.
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Here’s a look at the murals proposed for Silverado Skatepark
Silverado Park recently had its wooden skate ramps replaced with concrete structures; now, they will be painted by a local muralist.
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Legislators unveil measure to ask voters for $1 billion offshore wind bond
The funds would help California ports expand to handle giant wind turbines and other equipment.
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Do we simply not care about old people?
In the last week of 2023 and the first two weeks of 2024 alone, 4,810 people 65 and older lost their lives to covid — a group that would fill more than 10 large airliners — according to data provided by the CDC. But the alarm that would attend plane crashes is notably absent.
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Northbound 710 Freeway near Port of Long Beach will be closed Tuesday
Onramps to the freeway from Pico Avenue also will be closed so CHP can inspect Shoemaker Bridge after a truck hit it last month.
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New state law says no parking near crosswalks. Here’s how Long Beach could exempt some areas
Long Beach could exempt some parking-impacted areas of the city from a new statewide “daylighting” law aimed at increasing pedestrian safety.