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File Number: 21-083 <br />to the COVID-19 virus. Grocery workers have been working under these hazardous conditions for <br />months. They are working in these hazardous conditions now and will continue to face safety risks <br />as the virus presents an ongoing threat for an uncertain period, potentially resulting in subsequent <br />waves of infection; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro has adopted wage and employment ordinances <br />specific to employment sectors in the past; and <br />WHEREAS, the availability of grocery stores is fundamental to the health of the community <br />and is made possible during the COVID-19 emergency because grocery workers are on the <br />frontlines of this devastating pandemic supporting public health, safety, and welfare by working in <br />hazardous situations; and <br />WHEREAS, establishing an immediate requirement for grocery stores to provide <br />premium pay to grocery workers protects public health, supports stable incomes, and promotes <br />job retention by ensuring that grocery workers are compensated for the substantial risks, efforts, <br />and expenses they are undertaking to provide essential services in a safe and reliable manner <br />during the COVID-19 emergency. <br />NOW THEREFORE, the City of San Leandro City Council hereby ORDAINS, as follows: <br />That the document attached hereto, and made a part hereof is hereby adopted pursuant to San <br />Leandro Municipal Code Section 1-1-345(b) as an urgency ordinance. <br />Page 3 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/11/2021 <br />305