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LB LABOR ISSUES
March 2007: Hospitality Alliance/Chamber-Backed Referendum Against "Labor Peace" Ordinance Succeeds, Suspends Measure Enacted On 5-3 Council Vote Until Vote Of The People
Feb. 2007: Petition Drive Submits 35,900+ Signatures -- Record Number For LB -- To Suspend/Repeal "Labor Peace" Ordinance
Feb. 2007: Pumping-Up Petition Volume: Now Councilman DeLong Records Telephone Message Urging LB Residents & LB Chamber Members To Sign Petition To Suspend/Trigger Vote On "Labor Peace" Ordinance
Feb. 2007: Political Warfare Over "Labor Peace" Ordinance:
Pro-Ordinance Anti-Petition Advocates Dog Anti-Ordinance Petition Gatherers In ELB, Visibly & Sometimes Audibly Urge Voters Not To Sign Petitions
Councilman DeLong Sends Personal (Non-City Hall, Non-Taxpayer Paid) Email Backing Petition Drive; Voices Concern Over What He Calls Disruption Of Petition Process
Outside Los Altos Target store, anti-petition advocate (left in photo, viewed from off-property) carrying anti-petition leaflet stands alongside petition gatherer (center in photo).
Feb. 2007: State Senator Alan Lowenthal Records Telephone Messages Urging LB Voters Not To Sign Petitions That Could Overturn "Labor Peace" Ordinance
Feb. 2007: Referendum Launched To Overturn Re-Written "Labor Peace" Ordinance
Jan. 2007: Council Gives Initial Approval To New "Labor Peace" Ordinance Hammered Out In Meetings Involving Mayor; City Att'y Says New Version Is Better, Has Less Exposure For City; Add'l Talks May Produce Further Changes Before Final Approval
Dec. 2006: Council Votes 5-3 (DeLong, Gabelich, Lerch Dissenting) To Enact "Labor Peace" Measure Governing Hotels On City-Owned Property; Threatened Litigation Looms
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