nducted by Berkeley Economic Advising and Research LLC (“BEAR”) in 2024 revealed that modest adjustments in wage distribution for airport workers can substantially enhance equity for the tourism industry, especially for businesses that have proactively embraced fairer pay and comprehensive benefits. Furthermore, BEAR found that implementing minimum wage and health benefit adjustments for airport workers will provide substantial net benefits for the City of Los Angeles, the County of Los Angeles, and the neighboring areas. Indeed, BEAR found that, by 2028, increases to wages and health care benefits for tourism workers are projected to generate nearly $700 million in additional income for the City of Los Angeles and nearly $1.2 billion regionally, while also creating approximately 6,000 new full-time equivalent jobs in the City of Los Angeles and over 12,000 across the region. The City holds a proprietary interest in the work performed by many employees of City lessees and licensees and by their service contractors, subcontractors, sublessees and sublicensees. The success or failure of City operations may turn on the success or failure of these enterprises, for the City has a genuine stake in how the public perceives the services rendered for them by such businesses. By increasing the wage and health benefits for these employees, the City seeks to improve employee performance towards the success of the City’s operations and airport enterprise. SECTION HISTORY Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 171,547, Eff. 5-5-97. Amended by: In Entirety, Ord. No. 172,336, Eff. 1-14-99; In Entirety, Ord. No. 184,318, Eff. 7-7-16; In Entirety, Ord. No. 185,321, Eff. 1-20-18; In Entirety, Ord. No. 188,610, Eff. 9-8-25.