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This is the stupidest idea I've seen out of them for a while:
Hotel owners in Los Angeles are becoming increasingly worried as residents are expected to vote on a proposal that would mandate housing the homeless in vacant rooms across the city.
President of the Northeast Los Angeles Hotel Owners Association Ray Patel joined "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday to discuss his concern surrounding the policy and the impact it could have on the tourism industry.
"What they're going to mandate, if this is passed by the electorate, is that we turn over our inventory to the city of Los Angeles, issued out homeless vouchers, and you know that that'll kill our marketability of the hotel industry," Patel told co-host Bill Hemmer. "It'll hurt us badly. The value of the hotels will go down and tourism and corporate travel will be affected in the city of Los Angeles."
The voucher program, which voters are expected to vote on in 2024, would require hotels to send the city information on their vacant rooms for the day by 2 p.m. daily.
Those rooms would then be subject to homeless individuals looking to redeem the vouchers.
Patel warned a local labor union, UNITE HERE! Local 11, has been garnering signatures to propose similar policies before the Los Angeles City Council, but is not transparent about what voters are signing on to.
"What folks don't know is what else they're signing in to… the petitions packed with other items and initiatives that benefit the unions but hurt the hotel industry," Patel said. "And they had passed a similar initiative a month ago, which is now law that limits the hours that housekeepers can work in the hotels and other things."
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Who's going to pay for all the extra damage and the pest control that will be needed? Why are companies even staying in CA? I don't understand it.
Los Angeles hotel leader warns homeless housing proposal will 'kill' industry's marketability
Los Angeles voters will decide on a policy that would force hotels to house the homeless, but some hotel leaders are worried about the impact on tourism.
www.foxnews.com
Hotel owners in Los Angeles are becoming increasingly worried as residents are expected to vote on a proposal that would mandate housing the homeless in vacant rooms across the city.
President of the Northeast Los Angeles Hotel Owners Association Ray Patel joined "America's Newsroom" on Tuesday to discuss his concern surrounding the policy and the impact it could have on the tourism industry.
"What they're going to mandate, if this is passed by the electorate, is that we turn over our inventory to the city of Los Angeles, issued out homeless vouchers, and you know that that'll kill our marketability of the hotel industry," Patel told co-host Bill Hemmer. "It'll hurt us badly. The value of the hotels will go down and tourism and corporate travel will be affected in the city of Los Angeles."
The voucher program, which voters are expected to vote on in 2024, would require hotels to send the city information on their vacant rooms for the day by 2 p.m. daily.
Those rooms would then be subject to homeless individuals looking to redeem the vouchers.
Patel warned a local labor union, UNITE HERE! Local 11, has been garnering signatures to propose similar policies before the Los Angeles City Council, but is not transparent about what voters are signing on to.
"What folks don't know is what else they're signing in to… the petitions packed with other items and initiatives that benefit the unions but hurt the hotel industry," Patel said. "And they had passed a similar initiative a month ago, which is now law that limits the hours that housekeepers can work in the hotels and other things."
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Who's going to pay for all the extra damage and the pest control that will be needed? Why are companies even staying in CA? I don't understand it.