Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.96, establishing the "Healthcare Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance", read and adopted as read.  (Citywide)
Thank you very much. We will. We're going to go and do. Audience 27 And then the aquarium bond items. AUDIENCE The 27 is the first reading of the ordinance, please. Item 27 is report from City Attorney Recommendation to declare ordinance amending the Long Beach Municipal Code by adding Chapter 5.96 establishing the Health Care Workers Minimum Wage Ordinance. Read the first time and lead over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for Final Reading City. Thank you. I think we all have the the document in front of us is your public comment on this before we take a vote. If there any members of the public that would like to speak on item. Ordinance number 27 in person. Please sign up at the podium and zoom. Please use the raise hand feature or dial store and I now. We have one person in person. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank you all for taking a look at this and your support for this measure. This is going to help a lot of people in the community of Long Beach and hopefully the community as a whole. We do know that the. It just shows from the report out from your own city workers. Understaffing is a chronic issue among all the folks that take care of our city. Health care is just one of many of many examples. We all work long hours, short staffed, and we're taking care of our most vulnerable citizens. And that's why, again, I'd like to thank you for bringing up this matter. And I would definitely hope that you will vote in the affirmative to support a $25 minimum wage for health care workers. And hopefully this will have effects on other workers here in the city and statewide. Thank you. A speaker, please. Hello. My name is Alberto in critical care, taking this U.S. Marine Medical Center and I have been working there for 15 years. I lived in Long Beach all my life. I just want to know that everybody gonna think different. Hear me yell. Um. I'm sorry. I congratulate you. Thank you. For how much? This means a lot to us for getting this wage going up for us, because a lot of people struggle in general just in their life and with their lives and having with the rent crisis situation and inflation. We also care and help people in need patients in the hospital because it's really short stuff at the moment. We don't have them there, so we short the nurses every single day. Staffing in general. And. Thank you for your support and hopefully you can pass a bill to give more aid and and especially in hospitals throughout the community because we are really short staffed as or she's a very overcrowded and we can't even take care of the people that come for help. So and dinner and stuff and other people are leaving also because again. Just wait the wages. There is not enough for them. So I appreciate you guys. I continue to take the field consideration. Thank you. Thank you. And our final speaker. And then we'll go to online here. Hi. Good, good. My good night. Yes. And I thank you for be here for all. Thank you. For. Stay all. Thank you, you guys, congratulations. Because it's very important for the CDC to see you and I'm working and say merry. My name. Is Chris Larson and thank you for support for. The minimum wage. 25. Thank you so much for the great job. And and I. Hear all cases love peace can be great if you you guys. Police Department. Fire and the citizen have more communication for be more beautiful on beat because truly ne but the only way to stay all together. And make good party for everybody. Can be happy. And thank you. So much for everything you do. I know it's very late for everybody. Thank you so much for I love you. Thank you. Is there any. That concludes public comment. That can be sort a comment. We have a motion in a second. I think we all have the ordinance presented by the city attorney. A roll call vote, please. Councilwoman Cindy has I. Councilwoman Allen. I. Councilwoman Pryce, I. Councilman Sabino I. Councilwoman Mongo I. Councilwoman Sarah I. Councilmember Ranga. I. Councilman Austin. I Vice Mayor Richardson. I. The motion is carried and nine zero. Great. Thank you. And, you know, we do have I believe we'll have we took one more vote on this issue for final reading next week. Correct? Okay, great. Thank you all. We're going to move on to item 22 and I believe it's 30, Mr. Modica, which are the two concurrent aquarium items?