West Los Angeles Business News
Santa Monica Council Discusses Overhaul of the City’s Business Licensing Tax
Over the past 60 years, the City of Santa Monica has only comprehensively reformed its business licensing tax (BLT) three times: 1962, 1983, and 1990. There may be a fourth overhaul after the city council on Tuesday discussed sending a new round of changes to voters in November.
Culver City Council Redistributes Fireworks Funding in Several Directions
With the Exchange Club canceling the annual Independence Day Fireworks Show, the Culver City Council recuperated the $34,000 allocated to support the event. That presented them an opportunity to redistribute those funds to other projects. On Monday evening, they discussed where to put the money.
California’s Minimum Wage Increase: Voices of Relief and Challenges Ahead
Starting April 1, 2024, all fast-food restaurants in California are required to pay their employees $20 an hour. Citing the increase in inflation resulting in a cut to employee's hours and spending power, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the increase into law on September 28, 2023.
Unite HERE Announces Successful Contract Negotiations with 34 Hotels
The fight isn’t over for hotel workers in Los Angeles, but the excitement was palpable Monday morning as their union celebrated victory. At the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, Unite HERE Local 11 announced that the union has reached an agreement with 34 hotels in Los Angeles on behalf of its workers. Strikes over working conditions and wages at many of the hotels in Los Angeles have been staged by the union since July 2023, and they were rewarded with significant wage increases.
Santa Monica Council Discusses Overhaul of the City’s Business Licensing Tax
Over the past 60 years, the City of Santa Monica has only comprehensively reformed its business licensing tax (BLT) three times: 1962, 1983, and 1990. There may be a fourth overhaul after the city council on Tuesday discussed sending a new round of changes to voters in November.
Culver City Council Redistributes Fireworks Funding in Several Directions
With the Exchange Club canceling the annual Independence Day Fireworks Show, the Culver City Council recuperated the $34,000 allocated to support the event. That presented them an opportunity to redistribute those funds to other projects. On Monday evening, they discussed where to put the money.
California’s Minimum Wage Increase: Voices of Relief and Challenges Ahead
Starting April 1, 2024, all fast-food restaurants in California are required to pay their employees $20 an hour. Citing the increase in inflation resulting in a cut to employee's hours and spending power, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the increase into law on September 28, 2023.
Unite HERE Announces Successful Contract Negotiations with 34 Hotels
The fight isn’t over for hotel workers in Los Angeles, but the excitement was palpable Monday morning as their union celebrated victory. At the Intercontinental Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles, Unite HERE Local 11 announced that the union has reached an agreement with 34 hotels in Los Angeles on behalf of its workers. Strikes over working conditions and wages at many of the hotels in Los Angeles have been staged by the union since July 2023, and they were rewarded with significant wage increases.
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