I'd like to call this meeting of the law and legislation committee to order.

Um, City Clerk, could you please call the role to establish a quorum?

Of course.

Member Harris?

Member Hansen.

He just stepped away.

Member Guerrero?

Here.

And Chair Shaneer.

Here.

We have a quorum.

If you're here today to speak to the committee, you'll need to fill out a speaker slip.

They're located in the back window and must be turned into the clerk prior to the start of that item.

This is the time I would also ask you to check your cell phones and turn them to silent.

If you need an assisted listening or speaking device, you'll also see the assistant clerk.

Any thoughts or questions or motion?

Um for the uh Folsom Boulevard Special Planning District.

Okay, with that direction.

Any other comments?

We have a second.

All those in favor signify that.

Aye.

Aye.

Opposed, abstained motion carries unanimously.

Let's move to item four.

All right.

The first is a proposed ordinance relating to hotel worker protection.

This item was before you in June.

We're bringing it back today because substantive new language was added after the last committee meeting.

The intent language encourages hotel operators to provide notice to guests that they provide their employees who clean guest rooms with panic buttons.

It also encourages operators to provide written notice to employees that they have a sexual harassment policy to protect employees against sexual assault and sexual harassment by hotel guests and others.

So that may be something to discuss because the implementation date as drafted may come before it is passed at council.

So with that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

Great.

We have uh no members of the public who wish to speak on this, so let's go directly to Mr.

Gera.

Thank you very much.

Uh first I want to thank uh you know our city's uh attorney staff, both thank you very much for uh working uh this out with uh all the stakeholders, uh all of our uh hotel workers and hotel workers association.

Uh I want to move this item with the uh also the amendment to change the implementation date uh to six months after the passage of council.

I think that that'll help the industry make sure that they're uh they have ample time to to um uh comply with the ordinance.

Uh first I think this is a a great step forward for the city.

Uh I know the county uh was the pioneer on this, and I want to thank uh Supervisor Cerna for doing that, but a big chunk of the hotels are in the city uh limits of Sacramento, and not just in downtown, but throughout the entire region.

In fact, we just went to a uh great opening for one of them on Stockton Boulevard with Councilmember Shaneer.

Um and there's one to come here with uh councilmember Harris's district.

Uh but I think uh this was uh good effort moving forward, and I only had one question for city staff regarding um the the uh when we issue fines, uh, and that is uh what's our process when a violation happens?

How do we help uh uh make sure that the the uh industry and the hotel itself is complying faster?

Do we immediately issue a fine or do we help them address the corrective action immediately yes?

Bo Parker's for the city of Sacramento.

Um address that question uh typically what's going to happen well on the enforcement.

The most likely scenario that's going to happen is that the fire department, uh the prevention officers, so under the direction of the fire marshal are going to make an annual inspection each year as required under the government code.

So there's gonna be a little devil checkbox for like say fire extinguishers, things of that nature.

There's also gonna be a checkbox to make sure that the hotel panic button, um each housekeeper has a button and that button is actually operating.

Okay, and then the other type of scenario that could potentially happen would be um say uh somebody makes a complaint that the buttons aren't working or they haven't provided to housekeepers.

There could be say an unscheduled inspection by uh fire prevention officer to uh to take a look at that.

Uh penalties would be um could be potentially issued under our administrative penalties under chapter 1.28.

And there's a there's a scale between D to A level and officers have the discretion whether they want to issue that or not.

Okay, so there is an opportunity for the officers to work with the industry to say if it was just a malfunctioning button or if it was something egregious where they refuse to give them to their employees.

Yes, good, good.

I think I think that's the important part here is we want to make sure that that uh that uh it's a workable ordinance, and I do want to thank the uh the Sacramento Hotel Industry because they they stepped up on this item to say we want to move forward on this, and even though when we were pushing this for only it for it to be for the large hotels, they said no, we believe everyone in the industry should be part of this, and I think that goes to show that uh we all want a safe place for our uh not only our guests but our workers.

Uh with that, Mr.