LA Times: Is Disney Paying Its Fair Share In Anaheim

[nevol]

Anaheim, The LA region, and California at large need more housing. 4 million more units, to be exact. SB-827 is a senate bill in the state of california that seeks to address the housing shortage by allowing more multifamily housing to be built at 5 or 8 stories high within a half mile and quarter mile of major transportation lines respectively. It also includes protections against displacement of affordable housing units. The bill has been voted against by the LA city council that pretends to care about displacement and affordability, but really is more concerned about the upzoning of Historic Preservation Overlay Zones (single family neighborhoods) in Los Angeles. The bill was endorsed with an open letter by a list of a dozen experts and professors in Urban Planning, Environmental Science, Real Estate from UCLA, UC Berkeley, and others.

Disney needs to raise its wages, yes, but we also desperately need to address the housing crises in California cities. Los Angeles County now has 60,000 homeless residents. 60,000 people without homes, 60% of renters are rent-burdened (meaning they are living in poverty while spending far too much of their paycheck on rent), and councilmembers are fighting bills that would deliver new housing. Meanwhile, the city isn't set to release a new municipal code to guide development until 2024.

I'm going to edit later with attachments and sources. Also need to revisit this entire thread, as I checked out long ago, not realizing it had become the dumping ground for all current events at Disneyland that interface City of Anaheim.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/03/08/californias-housing-crisis-is-on-state-democrats/

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And they’re furious that Silicon Valley’s millionaires and billionaires, upon whom the California budget all but depends, pushed real estate values so high on the peninsula that San Francisco itself became (even more) cost-prohibitive to normal people.

It’s an ugly clash of policies, priorities, and principles. And it’s sad proof that the so-called “blue state model” of big taxes, big budgets, and big cities is now badly malfunctioning even on its own terms, with virtually no organized opposition.

The wisdom of federalism is that one size doesn’t fit all. One-party rule tends to flout that hard-earned understanding, whether at the national level or the state level. But state Democrats have spent so long in power that their ideals have grown distorted and destructive — not just to the public good, but to each other. Without fresh humility, they’re in for more hard lessons. And so are Californians as a whole.<<

That’s incorrect. The reason why housing is so expensive in the Bay Area are the housing density and preservation laws that don’t allow development to move higher density and the Ellis Act makes it easy for landlords to kick long term tenants out in exchange for professionals making six figures.

https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/

 

[SeaCastle]

Atrocious housing policy crosses both sides of the aisle. In many ways it is not even a partisan issue- the people that most benefit from restrictive housing policy are current property owners regardless of party. At the risk of getting political I've seen too many supposedly inclusive liberals and conservatives supposedly adamant about arbitrary government command councils and planning commissions to use the levers of government to clamp down on market rate housing production and keep folks out. This is just as true in deep-blue cities as it is in deep-red suburbs. There is so much hand-wringing about everything from chopping up a 3,500 square foot mcmansion into a duplex to building an apartment unit on top of a store that you wonder how anything got built in the first place.

It's a classic drawbridge situation- those lucky enough to afford Anaheim or the suburban Bay Area or New York City or the North Shore want to pull up the drawbridge and keep everybody out. This will continue to happen so long as commissions, planners, and their enablers fixate on this insane premise that you only have to build high density housing downtown and leave everything else as single-family detached.

 

[Disney Irish]

That’s incorrect. The reason why housing is so expensive in the Bay Area are the housing density and preservation laws that don’t allow development to move higher density and the Ellis Act makes it easy for landlords to kick long term tenants out in exchange for professionals making six figures.

https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/14/sf-housing/

This is outdated, and really only applies to San Francisco itself these days. San Francisco is land locked, there is only the ability to build higher density properties. However with Silicon Valley it is under a housing construction boom right now. For the last couple of years more and more housing projects have been popping up. And last year a bond was passed to build new low income housing.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/02/21/county-prepares-for-major-housing-boom

 

[the.dreamfinder]

This is outdated, and really only applies to San Francisco itself these days. San Francisco is land locked, there is only the ability to build higher density properties. However with Silicon Valley it is under a housing construction boom right now. For the last couple of years more and more housing projects have been popping up. And last year a bond was passed to build new low income housing.

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/02/21/county-prepares-for-major-housing-boom

I was responding to the SF/SV housing part of the gloom and doom narrative. SF has plenty of room to grow up if the preservation laws were changed.

It’s like they realized there was a problem and started to do more about it.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

From PBS NewsHour

 

[Deleted member 107043]

This is outdated, and really only applies to San Francisco itself these days.

Not sure where you are getting your facts about San Francisco. We're currently outstripping all Bay Area cities for new housing with over 65,000 approved units in the housing pipeline with thousands more under review. A good chunk of these projects are high-rises therefore you can't go anywhere on the eastern side of this town without seeing a maze of construction cranes on the skyline.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/...truction-activity-jumps-in-san-francisco.html
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/...ent-in-sf-but-actual-building-slows-down.html

 

[Deleted member 107043]

From PBS NewsHour

Well that was depressing. And Disney's canned written response only made it worse.

 

[Disney Irish]

Not sure where you are getting your facts about San Francisco. We're currently outstripping all Bay Area cities for new housing with over 65,000 approved units in the housing pipeline with thousands more under review. A good chunk of these projects are high-rises therefore you can't go anywhere on the eastern side of this town without seeing a maze of construction cranes on the skyline.

http://www.socketsite.com/archives/...truction-activity-jumps-in-san-francisco.html
http://www.socketsite.com/archives/...ent-in-sf-but-actual-building-slows-down.html

Which if you read the next part of that statement I said "San Francisco is land locked, there is only the ability to build higher density properties."

 

[nevol]

Wages flat, housing prices going up. Some of the highest housing costs in the country. Why does nobody suggest building more housing? One woman in that video can afford $1000 a month in rent, but all it buys her is a converted garage with an outdoor shower and no kitchen. Does she deserve more money? Of course, but that isn't the root of the problem. She should be able to find an actual apartment and a decent standard of living. If she lived in orlando and paid $1000 a month, she'd be living in luxury housing.

Even with wage increases, anaheim landlords will just command higher rents. The supply versus demand of housing will go unchanged. Anaheim needs more housing and particularly more affordable housing. It might honestly be in Disney's best interest to build the housing themselves. That way, they don't have to wait for taxpayer funds for affordable housing or the market to provide tens of thousands of units. They can build enough for a percentage of their employees in the most need, and the story will change.

 

[mlayton144]

Disney will pay the least amount of wages to support the largest revenue model that they can plan for , like all other large businesses BECAUSE THEY CAN. . It’s time the government realize their leverage and realize that disneyland is going NOWHERE, tax the living hell out of them to support greater public benefit like more affordable housing units , road improvements, public safety, schools etc. I know I sound like a communist which couldn’t be further from the truth but big business is totally out of hand in this modern age, need a new Teddy Roosevelt in town. How far away is the nearest tent city from Disneyland ?

 

[Darkbeer1]

How far away is the nearest tent city from Disneyland ?

Los Angeles County, the biggest one in Orange County was shut down last month. Some might say downtown Santa Ana, but that is also closing down due to a Federal Judge. They tried to build some, but that got cancelled. Seems like a more permeate shelter will be opened.

 

[SeaCastle]

I want to agree with you here but have a few concerns with this line of thinking, namely that Disney raising wages will directly cause rents to increase. Rents/ home prices are functions of the cost of housing provision and how much the greater region will support the housing prices being charged. Disney is a big employer but not big enough to unilaterally modify prices in OC by raising their wages by 10 or 20 percent. Also, new construction market rate housing is almost never affordable to those working low wage jobs (like at Disney). Those folks either have to wait for subsidized housing (which is produced at such anemic rates so as to be not worth mentioning) or on supplies of existing housing stock, whose value has depreciated over years to the point where rents charged are lower proportionate to the owner’s purchase price. A new construction starter home in our region can cost as much as $700K. One built 50 years ago is down to $450K or lower. Same with renting- a new construction 2 bedroom may cost $1600/mo but a 2 bedroom in a 40 year old apartment building is $1,000. If we lived farther away, a new starter home would be $300K and an older one would be $200K. You give up something in quality by choosing to live in the older place, but having granite countertops is kind of overrated anyway.

IMO there’s no reason a person should have to spend such a gigantic percentage of their income on shelter but the company town idea makes me suspicious. Of course if no one else is building housing, there’s no reason Disney shouldn’t. But should Disney be able to garnish wages to provide housing for its employees? If so, at what percent? I find myself concerned by employers providing housing but am not convinced it would be worse than the current situation.

Wages flat, housing prices going up. Some of the highest housing costs in the country. Why does nobody suggest building more housing? One woman in that video can afford $1000 a month in rent, but all it buys her is a converted garage with an outdoor shower and no kitchen. Does she deserve more money? Of course, but that isn't the root of the problem. She should be able to find an actual apartment and a decent standard of living. If she lived in orlando and paid $1000 a month, she'd be living in luxury housing.

Even with wage increases, anaheim landlords will just command higher rents. The supply versus demand of housing will go unchanged. Anaheim needs more housing and particularly more affordable housing. It might honestly be in Disney's best interest to build the housing themselves. That way, they don't have to wait for taxpayer funds for affordable housing or the market to provide tens of thousands of units. They can build enough for a percentage of their employees in the most need, and the story will change.

 

[Darkbeer1]

Here is the current city housing situation report that was discussed in last night's council meeting.

http://local.anaheim.net/docs_agend/questys_pub/16512/16542/16543/17764/17767/Staff Report17767.pdf

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In 2014, the City Council adopted and HCD certified the city’s 2014-2021 Housing Element. State planning law requires cities to file a Housing Element status report to HCD and OPR by April 1 of each year. State law requires the City Council to consider these reports during a public meeting so that members of the public may provide oral testimony or written comments.

The report (submitted on forms provided by HCD) identifies Anaheim’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) allocation, the city’s self-stated housing production goals (referred to as the “Quantified Objective”), and the progress made towards meeting these goals. The report also describes the status of other action items outlined in the Housing Element’s Implementation Program. This is the fourth reporting year for the 2014-2021 Housing Element.

RHNA Allocation: The City’s RHNA allocation represents the number of housing units that the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) estimates will be necessary to accommodate the city’s projected population growth for the 2014-2021 planning period. In 2014, the city’s population was 348,305. The RHNA allocation anticipated that the city’s population would increase by 21,878 residents, to a population of 370,183 by 2021. According to the State Department of Finance, the city’s population in May 2017 was 358,546 residents, indicating a population growth of 10,241 residents since 2014.

SCAG establishes the RHNA allocation for cities and counties during each Housing Element cycle. To accommodate the city’s estimated population growth of 21,878 residents, SCAG allocated or assigned the development of 5,702 residential units to Anaheim. As of December 2017, the City had issued permits to construct 5,527 residential units, just 175 units short of the city’s total RHNA allocation. However, SCAG divides the city’s RHNA allocation into four income categories. Table 1 below lists these categories, as well as the respective RHNA allocation, permits issued, and the remaining RHNA allocation.<<

Much more detail and graphs at the link.

The current Housing inventor is fixed, though grows slightly each year. But demand is higher than supply, so raising wages doesn't help.

That is why so many folks are moving out of California, to find a more reasonable cost of living.

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/20...n-droves-including-some-high-desert-residents

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/04/pf/people-moving-out-california/index.html

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To help make life more affordable, residents are trading the beaches and nice weather for states with more affordable housing markets and a lower costs of living. Places like Arizona, Texas and Nevada, according to Khater.


And when it comes to buying new homes, they're getting more for less. Last year, California migrants sold their homes for an average of $495,500, and only spent $315,000 in their new -- and often bigger -- houses.


"They are saving money and moving up market," said Khater. "You can increase your standard of living."<<

 

[Darkbeer1]

http://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1168&context=buzzprice

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At some point, I speculate, Walt wanted some objective, outside viewpoints, so he retained Stanford Research Institute to do a study for which he paid twenty-five thousand dollars. This, of course, is where Woody entered the picture. ·

Stanford searched out a variety of possible locations, settling on Anaheim, which until then had been associated in the public mind with a character on the Jack Benny ~ radio show who announced, "Anaheim, Azusa, . and Cucamonga."

As I understand it, the resources of Walt Disney Productions were then harnessed to buy up 240 acres of. land at a price of about $4,500.00 per acre .• ~

The dream. Walt and his brother Roy had been born and bred in the middle west, and Roy was to say, "Only God can make an acre." They were practical men.

I speculate there were ·some practical ideas behind the dream ..
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Taxes: I feel that Walt disliked .paying taxes. He wanted to spend the money on the organization as he wished ... for his purposes. When a Disney movie was a smash hit, most of the profits went to taxes. A "Disneyland" would provide a source for reinvestment of ·profits before sending taxes to Washington.<<

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It would be almost impossible to describe the Anaheim and Orange County of 1954 to the suburban swingers of today.

Orange County ... the home of ex-President Nixon, was solid, a conservative area which was a peer among conservative areas.
And here we came, show people ... "outsiders" •.. "Beverly Hills types" •.. suede shoe folks. There were, and still are, some people who didn't like the invasion. And, after my days in the Vandenberg House, I can'.t blame them a bit.

But the people I met and dealt with were all enthusiastic boosters. In Anaheim, the Mayor, Frank Pearsons, was a solid booster.

Mark Stephenson, the Chief of Police, was· young and aggressive, even with his great disappointment at not being able to have a real branch of his police station in our City Hall.

Fran Cheatham, from the County, knocked himself out to help, and became a personal friend, as did Her Noll of the California Highway Patrol.

This is not an historical document, and it would take pages to name names • ·

But here, with a City Manager who called Anaheim "the City With Muscle", we found people who backed us in every possible way.

When ground was broken in 1955, the City of Anaheim had a population of 29,000. Today, it numbers over 200,000 •.. and growing.
The population of Orange County was 295,000, and today it is 2,008,200.

It was. and perhaps still is ... one of the fastest growing counties in the nation. But then ... it was that running gag on the Benny Show.

And here came an idea that was supposed to fail. But the "locals" ... rnost of them •.. got behind and pushed. Without this local boosting, Disneyland would have had greater problems

. And today, strangely, they have enthusiastically adopted the California Angels and now the Rams from Los Angeles ... with the same type of boosterism and help.

The locals got in there and had a piece of the action.<<

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THE UNIONS ARRIVE

Since Disneyland, Inc. was a separate corporate entity, Woody had insisted ... whenever Fred brought up the subject of· unions ... that we weren't going to have any. As a result, time was involved in fast and hard negotiations in those· final days.

Perhaps Walt hoped that Wood was right. He carried the scars of a bitter strike at the studio which had occurred years before. We were over the barrel:
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The construction unions flatly said. that if we didn't recognize a union, we wouldn't open .. a totally unacceptable fact.

And, the unions which were searching for jurisdiction ·presented a major problem. The American Guild of Variety Artists, AGFA ... wanted jurisdiction over the Jungle Cruise operators. The Inland Boatman wanted it over the Mark Twain. And their rates were very high.

After the panic button was pushed, we settled for negotiations with the Orange County Central Labor Council. A F of L. Negotiations were conducted in Fred's office, which was right across· the street. I was only a partial observer. In between my other duties, I arranged for sandwiches for their around the clock sessions.

We ended up with 29 unions. Since their wasn't a union for the kinds of attractions we were to operate, we had an understanding that we would be helpful in putting these young people in the Teamsters.

It was a shotgun marriage, which has been loosely held together over the years. As we get ready for· our 25 year anniversary; it is becoming increasingly difficult to live together ... and we finally had our first major strike.<<

 

[George Lucas on a Bench]

From PBS NewsHour

Disney's response: "Nuh uh."

 

[Darkbeer1]

Let me share an e-nail sent to a few city council members. (Somewhat edited).


Good Day, hope all is well with you.



Lately in regards to the Permit Parking Program, so glad it passed 7-0, and of course we recommend yes votes on all the resolutions regarding the program, so it can take effect, and the city staff can start processing the backlog. If you see any of the staff, please thank them for all the hard work, and listening to the public comments.



Also note, the Coyote problem is getting worse, and maybe a council discussion would be appropriate. It is a big topic on my Nextdoor feed.



So was reviewing tomorrow’s Council Agenda, and saw that Dr. Moreno is asking for a receive and file report regarding the Union produced report “Working for the Mouse”.


http://local.anaheim.net/docs_agend...8067/1. Working for the Mouse Report18067.pdf


For background, I used to report on Theme Park Matters going back to the 1990’s and the city dealings to bring the Disneyland Expansion and the Anaheim Resort District to life, the Sun Cal debate in the early 2000’s and other items while I lived in San Diego. (Moved to West Anaheim in 2014).



One item brought up recently is the Mickey and Friends Structure. Here is a good article discussing the original deal.



http://www.yesterland.com/westcot2.html



>>Federal contribution was $17.5 million. The state ofCalifornia tossed in $60 million and Orange County paid $36 million. That is$113.5 million, the total cost of the Mickey and Friends structure was $108.5million.<<



The Working for The Mouse report claims…. >>For example, in 1996, the City agreed to fund the construction of a six story Mickey and Friends concrete parking structure. The cost of construction was $108.2 million at the time.,,



That is false, the better description is “The City of Anaheim was the Government Agency in charge of the above mentioned Transportation Grants and building the Mickey and Friends Parking Structure.”



Early in the report, they state 85% of the workers make less than $15 per hour. But how many of those workers are in Tipped positions? Some workers can make over $100 per hour in tips, such as a Grand Californian Car Valet, or a Napa Rose Bartender or Server. These folks really don’t care about the paycheck, they care much more about being able to work, and benefits to a certain extent. The petition the Unions are circulating states all tipped income is to be ignored…



>>The amounts shall be paid to the Employee(s) in thenext payroll following collection of an amount from the customer. Thissubsection does not apply to any tip, gratuity, money, or part of any tip,gratuity, or money that has been paid or given to or left for an Employee bycustomers over and above the actual amount due for services rendered or forgoods, food, drink, or articles sold or served to the customer. <<



Why shouldn’t we consider all sources of income an employeeis making if we are discussing a living wage? Some Disneyland hourly workers make much more money than our family does….



Tips have gone up, let alone has the average tip percentage gone from 10 to 15% to now 15 to 20% of the check, the average cost of a meal has outpaced inflation at the Disneyland Resort, so that is a double impact to increase the average tip left.



So maybe asking what percentage of the workers in the report earn tips? How much is the average amount of tips per hour given? And similar questions.



It also talks about Dental and Vision Care. Lisa works for the County of Orange, and our dental and vision coverage is provided by the union for a very low cost, under $3 per paycheck for the entire family (except Barbara, who gets her Health Care through Medicare). If 43% can’t afford Dental and Vision Care, isn’t that an Union problem, instead of the Walt Disney Company problem? Why is this report of just union workers complaining about these items, when it is the union that typically provides the coverage?



http://www.ocea.org/assets/files/health-and-welfare/2018-hw-benefits-plan.pdf



This caught my attention in the report…



>> When we refer to “Disneyland Resort employees” weare referring to the employees represented by these unions, who constitute 58% ofall employees at the resort.<<



What are the other 42%?



Much later in the report, they discuss Theme/AmusementParks, and refer to attendance per year. This is a very misleading statistic, as most North American Parks are only open on a seasonal basis. If you look atan average daily attendance, those number change dramatically. Also, the report combines multiple parks for WDW and Disneyland, but leaves the other parks as single parks, and doesn’t combine them.



Here is a link to the TEA 2016 Attendance Report, which is the source cited in the report, the North American Section begins on page 22.



http://www.teaconnect.org/images/files/TEA_235_103719_170601.pdf

 

[Darkbeer1]

Below is a OC Visitors Press Release, it shows that about 83% of Tourism Jobs are not Disney Employees

Tourism-related spending in Orange County rose for the fourth straight year to reach a record-breaking $12.5 billion, according to numbers released by the Orange County Visitors Association (OCVA).


OCVA board chairman and Visit Anaheim president and CEO, Jay Burress, announced that an estimated 49 million people visited the county in 2017—nearly two percent more than in the prior year and more than 11 percent in the past five years, according to the 2017 tourism study conducted by CIC Research, Inc. for Visit Anaheim, which provided the data to OCVA.


“As we look forward to meeting next month with our local industry colleagues at the 10th annual OC Tourism Conference, we are reminded of how extraordinary it is that Orange County’s tourism economy has broken records for the past four years,” says OCVA Board Chairman and Visit Anaheim President and CEO Jay Burress. “Coming out of the recession that started 10 years ago, we haven’t just rebounded—we’ve made tourism one of the biggest contributors to Orange County’s economy.”


Tourism-related employment in Orange County also rose from 2016 to 2017, from 164,000 to 177,000 jobs. OCVA attributes the growth in the county’s tourism economy to numerous factors, including county-wide investments in new tourism product, rebranding efforts by destination marketing organizations representing Orange County cities, and strategic joint initiatives aimed at attracting visitors from top international and domestic markets.


“Orange County is unique in the tourism industry,” says OCVA President and CEO Ed Fuller. “We have achieve incredible levels of collaboration and cohesion across the county, bringing cities as diverse as Dana Point and Buena Park together under The OC brand umbrella. Together, we have hit the global marketplace with a message that Orange County is the place for visitors to experience the California dream.”


International visitors alone accounted for 4.5 million trips to Orange County last year.


About Orange County Visitors Association


The Orange County Visitors Association (OCVA) represents more than 700 members of Orange County, California’s tourism community and is the leading resource for visitor information about the county’s 34 cities. OCVA serves as steward of The OC brand, recognized worldwide as the home of world-famous theme parks, unparalleled shopping, 42 miles of pristine coastline, renowned beachfront resorts, and innumerable activities ranging from watersports to world-class performing arts. OCVA promotes the destination both domestically and internationally, with tourism offices in seven international cities. Orange County is located in the heart of Southern California and provides easy access to all the attractions the region offers. For more information, go to www.VisitTheOC.com or call the California Welcome Center at (714) 523-3441. Follow OCVA on Facebook (VisitTheOC) and Twitter (@VisitTheOC).


This article was released by the Orange County Visitors Association.

 

[Deleted member 107043]

Enough signatures have been collected to move he ballot initiative forward that will force Disney to pay cast members living wages based on the fact that it receives subsidies from the City of Anaheim.

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-disney-living-wage-measure-20180430-story.html

 

[Darkbeer1]

http://www.anaheimblog.net/2018/05/...-to-oppose-the-anaheim-job-killer-initiative/

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LA-OC Building Trades Council Votes Unanimously to Oppose the Anaheim Job Killer Initiative

ANAHEIM – The Los Angeles-Orange County Building and Construction Trades Council, representing 48 local unions/affiliate councils and over 100,000 hardworking skilled trades members, announced today that they had voted unanimously to oppose the so-called Anaheim Resort Living Wage Initiative, also known as the Anaheim Job Killer Initiative.


The Building Trades Council said that while they believe in higher wages for working people, the proposed initiative is flawed because it seeks to impose them at the ballot box rather than at the negotiating table; it unfairly targets hotels that have agreed to Project Labor Agreements that bring high-paid, skilled construction jobs to local workers and veterans; and does not embrace the principles of increasing union membership, which coupled with hard work and personal improvement is the only long-term path to better pay and conditions for workers.


Ron Miller, Executive Secretary for the Council, release the following statement:

“The hardworking men and women of the many affiliates of the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council have voted unanimously, through their delegates, to oppose the so-called Anaheim Resort Living Wage Initiative. This measure will cost our members jobs, including jobs targeted to local residents and veterans in Anaheim, and therefore hurt Anaheim communities.”


“We are dedicated believers in higher wages for working people, so we do not take this position lightly. But when this proposal is viewed fairly, it is clear that it does more harm than good and should be opposed.”


“The proposal unfairly targets construction projects that our members fought hard to ensure would be built with only union, trade labor under a Project Labor Agreement. These projects give local Anaheim and Orange County residents and veterans who are members of the building trades the opportunity to make a good wage while working close to home. By emphasizing local hire, the higher wages that come with union construction labor also stay close to home and allow our members to be better participants in their community.”


“We have heard directly from targeted hotel developers that they would cancel projects if this measure were to become law, costing our members at least 3,000 jobs as well as the chance to work in the community where they live.”


“Finally, this proposal also does nothing to advance the cause of union membership. Similar measures in other cities have created incentives for employers to facilitate union membership, but this proposal does not contain those provisions. We strongly believe that workers bargaining collectively is the best way to achieve higher wages, and in that important measure, this proposal also falls short.”


“The proposed ARLWI does not advance the organization of working people, and thus will not improve the lives of hard-working Anaheim residents. It will in fact do them harm by costing thousands of jobs. Join us in voting no!”


The Building Trades Council pledged to work with the existing business-labor-community coalition to oppose the measure should it qualify for the ballot.<<