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Resources to Comply with Senate Bill 1383 on Organic Waste and Food Recovery

This summary document provides a high-level overview of Senate Bill 1383 and the requirements for hotels pertaining to organic waste and edible food recovery. RESOURCES The regulations set forth by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), define certain “Commercial Edible Food Generators”. Specifically, Tier 2 Commercial Edible Food Generators include any hotel with […]

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Compliance Guide – California Fee Transparency Laws

This year, the California Legislature passed two measures designed to increase the transparency of displayed prices. The first measure, Senate Bill 478 (Dodd, 2023) regulates the display of all prices and, generally, mandates inclusion of all fees in the advertised price, excluding government assessed taxes and fees. The second measure, Assembly Bill 537 (Berman, 2023), […]

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Customizable COVID-19 Hotel Plan & Prevention Program

The COVID-19 Hotel Plan and Prevention Program is for CHLA members and is intended to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace and to support a safe, clean environment for employees, guests, and visitors. CHLA presents the updated COVID-19 Hotel Plan + Prevention Program that incorporates updated emergency regulations from the California Department […]

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Annual Per Diem Rates

The federal per diem rates for FY 2024 that will go into effect October 1, 2023, show an increase to $107 per night for lodging, up from the previous rate of $98. The meals and incidental expense tiers are unchanged for FY 2024 and range from $59 to $79.

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Resources to Comply With the Anaheim Hotel Worker Ordinance

This summary document provides a high-level description of the Panic Button ordinance and is a good starting point as you begin analyzing how the requirements will impact your operations. PANIC BUTTON ORDINANCE TOOLKIT CHLA partner law firm Fisher Phillips has developed an operations-oriented toolkit for hoteliers. To date, there is a summary memo which explains […]

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Resources to Comply With the LA Hotel Ordinance

This summary document provides a high-level description of the ordinance and the most relevant parts of the measure. This resource is a good starting point as you begin analyzing how the measure will impact your operations. ORDINANCE TOOLKIT CHLA/HALA partner law firm Fisher Phillips is developing an operations-oriented tools for hoteliers. To date, there is […]

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Hotels Have a Duty to Accommodate Children

DUTY TO ACCOMMODATE CHILDREN AND OTHER MINORS CHLA and CABBI receive frequent questions about whether hotels and inns have to accept children and other minors (i.e., people under 18 years of age), and there is particular concern about accommodating young children.  The quick answer to these questions is:  It is unlawful in California to adopt […]

Property Tax Appeal Services

CHLA Members Receive a Complimentary Assessment CHLA has partnered with property tax experts, Kroll, to provide appeal services to members that seek to have their property tax assessments analyzed. Are you aware that the appeal deadline is November 30 for most counties in California? CHLA members are encouraged to contact Kroll to receive a complimentary property […]

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How the Copyright Laws Apply to Lodging Establishments

Most lodging establishments – including bed and breakfast inns – engage in entertainment and communication-related activities such as the following: These activities present issues about whether B&Bs and other hotels need to comply – and how to comply – with the federal Copyright Act of 1976 as amended (Title 17, U.S.C. Sections 101 et seq.) (the Act). […]

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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

ABOUT THE CCPA B2B AND EMPLOYEE DATA EXEMPTIONS The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act are California’s data protection laws which are designed to give California consumers certain rights over how a business handles “personal information” collected about its consumers. Specifically, the CCPA/CPRA break up data management into three broad “rights” […]

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Providing Rooms for Disabled Guests

Preliminary Note: This legal article does not cover what types of physical accessible features and amenities a hotel must provide to accommodate individuals with disabilities (there have been thousands of lawsuits against hotels based on physical “construction-related accessibility violations,” such as failure to provide accessible guest rooms, doorways that are too narrow, and the like). Instead, […]

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Assembly Bill 5 – Who is an Independent Contractor?

Any lodging establishment that uses an “independent contractor” needs to be aware of and implement an extremely important new law that will take effect January 1, 2020.  This is particularly important in the lodging industry because many hotels and bed and breakfast inns utilize the services of people whom they treat as independent contractors. The […]