ordinance
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Last year, the city council passed a union-backed ordinance that would have lifted the minimum wage for hotel workers to $30 an hour by 2028, though the increase has since been delayed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
The thing is — the ordinance wasn’t even on the agenda.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
A year ago Mayor Karen Bass signed an ordinance raising the city’s minimum wage for hotel workers to $30 an hour in July 2028—timed to coincide with the L.A.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Monterey Park’s City Council had already banned data centers by ordinance, after a proposed 247,000-square-foot data center met an outpouring of public anger and concern.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
“I tell you,” said the policeman, “honestly I don’t know what the municipal ordinance about penguins is, with or without a leash, on the public streets. I’ll ask my sergeant.”
From "Mr. Popper's Penguins" by Florence Atwater and Richard Atwater
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