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IL <br />'_��,I'i' � X <br />CL SSOCIATION <br />CALIFORNIA <br />HISPANIC <br />-A_IFORNIA CHAM6ERS OE COMMERCE <br />GROCERS <br />ASSOC ATION <br />The Chamber <br />knp Oea<h Area Chamberof Commerce <br />ra <br />IP <br />ao,L Anmvuse*Y <br />0 <br />CALIN <br />CALASIAN " ""''" """ <br />e CIIALIEN OF COpId1f:NCF. <br />r/csr�, y„ec chamber of commerce-p„Clrunvrm G.vux�miv lfi+vLxxwnr' <br />FAMILY 'P <br />BUSINESS 4CALIFORNIA <br />ASSOCIATION NATIONAL BUSINESS <br />DIVERSITY <br />COALITION ROUNDTABLE <br />CFCALIFORNIA Los Angeles <br />I FUELS 8 County <br />A CONVENIENCE Piz <br />ed Business <br />CSC CA ALLIANCE Federation <br />FSLeng,yenlny NeMceWBu <br />ICSC sireac Slna 2WB <br />��\\ <br />/fie Chem Ees..WllCingaswmcClecalcmnomv � (ITT jCT <br />L <br />oResty� GE 3 u E FIB LOS ANGELES AREA VIC1� Southwest California <br />ORANGE COUN"IY bj v � CHAMBER OF COMMERCE LCgISlativeCoURci1 <br />BUSINESS COUNCIL --� <br />ras ee nited OCY `CC vP11D E,>,Aj <br />socl alp Chambersor�E <br />A—, Do <br />ommerce a <br />y <br />� NAAAC <br />O <br />H�LLYWOODNORTH ChloN% 6irdfamo¢III wE". HOLLY waao <br />Y National Asian American Coalition C PAR <br />„...f. OF <.1 MF.CF ORANGE COUNTY <br />mo <br />California <br />Business wren <br />Properties m.�« <br />Association <br />GREATER RIVERSIDE <br />CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE <br />CHAMBER <br />Aged -rem <br />%gatermelow <br />'� ASSOCIATION <br />March 2, 2021 <br />CHAMBER OFCOMMERCE I n l a n dAct►on <br />greater irvine TORRANCE <br />eh a m be FL�odlna e,.,nes=Gr �h A,ea C hembeE of Commer e <br />Dear Santa Ana City Council Members: <br />Our coalition of local grocers, community advocates, and business leaders strongly urge you to <br />undertake a complete economic impact assessment to fully understand the consequences of <br />any proposed mandatory grocery worker wage -increase ordinances before moving forward. <br />Local grocery stores are committed to paying competitive wages and benefits to their <br />employees. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, grocers have invested significantly in <br />infrastructure and enhanced safety protocols to protect frontline essential workers and <br />shoppers, as well as to provide incentive pay, bonuses and additional health benefits for <br />grocery workers. <br />The proposed emergency pay mandates ignore this commitment and ongoing efforts, and would <br />have significant, negative impacts at the worst possible time. <br />The City of Santa Ana's proposed increases in grocery worker pay would substantially <br />increase the cost of food and groceries for our region's residents and families by an <br />estimated $400 per year fora family of four. Higher grocery costs would hurt Californians at a <br />time they are already struggling to put food on the table — and would be especially harmful to <br />low-income, people of color and disadvantaged communities. <br />