Columbia Sussex Management, LLC v. City of Santa Monica

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United States District Court Central District of California

11 COLUMBIA SUSSEX MANAGEMENT, Case No. 2:19-cv-09991-ODW (SKx) LLC, and CW HOTEL LIMITED 12 PARTNERSHIP, individually and on behalf of all other hotel owners and ORDER DECLINING TO VACATE 13 managers operating hotels in Santa Monica, California, JUDGMENT ON REMAND 14 Plaintiffs, 15 v.

CITY OF SANTA MONICA,

17 Defendant. 18 I. INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND On September 10, 2019, the Santa Monica City Council adopted Santa Monica 21 Municipal Code Chapter 4.67, including section 4.67.030(a) (the “Ordinance”), to 22 enhance the protection of hotel workers in the hospitality industry in Santa Monica. 23 (Second Am. Compl. (“SAC”) ¶¶ 1, 18, ECF No. 39.) The Ordinance prevents hotel 24 employees who clean guest rooms from cleaning more than a specified square footage 25 of floor space during their scheduled shift without additional compensation. (Id. ¶ 1.) 26 Plaintiffs Columbia Sussex Management, LLC and CW Hotel Limited Partnership 27 filed this putative class action against Defendant City of Santa Monica…