Santa Ana police will now post hate crime data to website
Local residents came out to a candlelight vigil to stop Asian hate in Garden Grove on March 23.
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April 7, 2021 5:59 PM PT
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Santa Ana police will now post monthly reports of hate crime data to the department’s website after the City Council showed unanimous support for the proposal at a Tuesday night meeting.
The item was brought forward by council members Thai Viet Phan, the first Vietnamese American woman elected to the council, and Phil Bacerra as the country reckons with increased reports of rising racism and violence against Asian Americans.
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Hero Pay for Grocery Workers, Pharmacy Workers Takes Effect in Santa Ana
Grocery workers and retail pharmacy workers in Santa Ana, Calif., will begin receiving an hourly pay boost after city council passed an urgency ordinance to implement “hero pay”.
The measure, which passed with a 5-2 vote during a March 2 council meeting, takes effect immediately. Eligible workers will receive an extra $4 per hour.
Under the new law, stores with grocery sections 10,000 square feet or larger such as those found in Target or Walmart will be included.
Councilmember Jonathan Ryan Hernandez voted in favor of the amended ordinance.
“I think that hazard pay really sends a message that we really do value people, and we go beyond just applying titles to these folks as heroes, but we’re going to fight to get them the pay that they deserve,” Hernandez said during the meeting. “And I think that is us supporting this ordinance.”
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The Santa Ana City Council approved “hero pay” for grocery and pharmacy store employees on Tuesday night in an effort to support high-risk workers in the city.
The council voted 5-2 in favor of an urgency ordinance requiring grocery store employees in the city to be paid an extra $4 an hour for 120 days. Council members Nelida Mendoza and David Penaloza dissented.
The urgency ordinance, which is effective immediately, applies to grocery stores and pharmacies with more than 300 workers nationally and more than 15 workers per location in Santa Ana.
Santa Ana is the second city in Orange County to approve hazard pay for grocery workers. Irvine approved a similar ordinance in early February. Buena Park also approved a wage hike last week, but the council still needs to take a second vote before it becomes law.
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Santa Ana moved one step closer Tuesday night to approving “hero pay” for grocery store employees in the city.
The council voted 4-3 to approve a resolution directing staff to bring a proposed urgency ordinance back before the council by March 2 requiring grocery store employees in the city to be paid an extra $4 an hour. Council members David Penaloza, Nelida Mendoza and Phil Bacerra cast the dissenting votes.
The resolution does not require that the city must adopt the ordinance. The council will still be able to approve or deny the ordinance.
The item was proposed by Mayor Vicente Sarmiento and Councilwoman Thai Viet Phan.
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