Resources
HALA members enjoy many benefits from Day 1.
Explore them here—by category. Click the links to learn more. And join HALA to take advantage.
Advocacy
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Proposed Tourism-Only Minimum Wage Hike
To follow this activity, refer to Council file 14-1371-S13.
Annual Hotel Police Permit
This new program is in development, as required by the Responsible Hotel Ordinance.
Inside Safe Program- Supporting Unhoused Angelenos
The City of Los Angeles is seeking participation from hotels and motels. Would you like to get involved?
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Short-Term Rentals
The County Board of Supervisors passed this Ordinance, by consent, on April 9, 2024. It is now law.
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Hotel-Only Minimum Wage Ballot Measure RW
On March 5, 2024, voters approved this measure:
YES: 53.12% (39,904 votes)
NO: 46.88% (35,211 votes)
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Hotel Minimum Wage Ordinance
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Hotel-Only Minimum Wage, Square Footage Restriction, & Retention Ordinance
This Ordinance failed to collect the necessary signatures.
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Hotel-Only Minimum Wage Ballot Measure
This Measure would have singled out the hotel industry for wage controls and other operational requirements not imposed on other industries. It failed to collect the necessary signatures due to lack of voter support.
Hotel & Vacation Rental 7% Affordable Housing Tax Measure
This Measure would have singled out the hotel industry for special taxes not imposed on other industries. It failed to collect the necessary signatures due to lack of voter support.
Networking
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Monday, May 4, 2026
5:00 PM
The Hotel Association of Los Angeles is proud to announce that the 2026 Stars of the Industry Awards Gala is officially underway — and there are multiple ways to participate.
Join us on May 4 for an elegant evening honoring the exceptional individuals and properties that define excellence in Los Angeles hospitality.
Visit: https://members.hotelassociationla.com/page/starsoftheindustry
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(Date TBA)
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Training
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The State of California requires companies with five or more employees to provide sexual harassment prevention training for both supervisory and non-supervisory roles. All team members must complete the training course every two years. New hires and newly promoted employees must complete it within six months of being hired/promoted. HALA members get 15% off.
Request Discount Code & Instructions: mail@hotelassociationla.com
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The Responsible Beverage Service Training Act requires anyone who serves alcohol, manages servers, delivers alcohol, takes orders, or checks IDs at a business that serves alcohol onsite to be trained to serve alcohol legally and safely to the public. The law authorized the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to establish the Responsible Beverage Server Training Program (RBSTP). Under the program, every alcohol server and their manager must have a valid Responsible Beverage Server (RBS) certification from the ABC.
HALA members get 20% off the $15 per-person cost of the approved training program, ServSafe.
Request Discount Code & Instructions: mail@hotelassociationla.com
Note: If you’re training more than 100 employees, contact Elisa Cain, Regional Sales Manager, for more discounts: ecain@restaurant.org or 480.235.6706.
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HALA is proud to partner with the Los Angeles County Departments of Public Health to help train 500,000 Los Angeles County residents in Hands-Only CPR!
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This helpful walkthrough gives you the basics on this relatively new ordinance. Watch a video of the session or review the presentation deck at your own pace. Presented by Keith Grossman, Partner, Hirschfeld Kraemer and Jeff Engel, CEO, LocationTech.
Tools
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As a result of the “Responsible Hotel Ordinance” ballot measure being removed from the ballot, the Police Commission Permit system has been created in the City of Los Angeles.
As of July 1, 2024, hotels can begin to apply for a permit at the Police Commission website.
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The Hotel Associatoin of Los Angeles has partnered with Class Action Capital, a market leader in class action settlement claim management. Class Action Capital is already successfully working with a very large number of hotels and state associations across the country helping to recover substantial refunds on their behalf from several recent class action settlements. Hotel Association of Los Angeles Association will now offer these value-added services to its members.
Many hotels do not have the time, resources, or relevant data available to file a settlement claim and Class Action Capital will work with them to submit a fully comprehensive claim recovery, while minimizing the use of their employees’ time, internal resources and the risk of errors when managing claims themselves. Class Action Capital’s pricing model is simple in that we work on a commission basis whereby we receive a percentage of the client’s financial recovery and only receive our fee when our client recovers. Once you sign up for our claim management service, we will immediately get to work building and preparing a comprehensive claim.
The bottom line is we work to best position each client’s recovery from a settlement while minimizing our client’s time, use of internal resources, and the risk of mistake if they were to take on claims management on their own. Click here for a listing of applicable settlements and our claim authorization form.
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For information about public health regulations such as COVID-19, food safety, water safety, inspections, etc., please visit your local public health department Website—or you can contact HALA with specific questions.
L.A. County Department of Public Health
Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services
Pasadena Public Health Department
COVID-19 persists. See our Pledge to Fight COVID.
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HALA is proud to introduce The OnHold Experience as a new member benefit! They provide professionally produced telephone “on hold” marketing campaigns. Many California hotel properties are already using this service—now it’s your turn to give it a try. We’ve negotiated a free 60-Day Test Drive as the first step, followed by a discounted rate exclusive to our membership—and there’s a “cancel at any time” clause to remove all risk.
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In partnership with the State of California’s Save Our Water program, these free door hangers give guests the option to delay room-cleaning services until check-out. While the goal is to reduce demand on California’s precious water supply, these door hangers can also help lower your operating costs, potentially reducing housekeeping workload and water/energy usage.
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Community-Police Advisory Boards (C-PABs) help establish solid, two-way communication between the police and the neighborhoods they serve. C-PABs give community members the opportunity to provide information and advice to their local police stations and take information from the Police Department back to the community.
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The City’s Project Roomkey initiative helps provide shelter to adults experiencing homelessness.
Contact LAHSA: Website or 800.548.6047.
Saving Money
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Earn cash back on all your commonly purchased items. Drastically lower the cost of supplies and F&B purchases while increasing quality and service. This is collective buying power!
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HALA is proud to introduce The OnHold Experience as a new member benefit! They provide professionally produced telephone “on hold” marketing campaigns. Many California hotel properties are already using this service—now it’s your turn to give it a try. We’ve negotiated a free 60-Day Test Drive as the first step, followed by a discounted rate exclusive to our membership—and there’s a “cancel at any time” clause to remove all risk.
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In partnership with the State of California’s Save Our Water program, these free door hangers give guests the option to delay room-cleaning services until check-out. While the goal is to reduce demand on California’s precious water supply, these door hangers can also help lower your operating costs, potentially reducing housekeeping workload and water/energy usage.
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To help hotels identify panic button service providers, HALA and CHLA have developed a list of our partners and members that offer panic button systems and training.
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The State of California requires companies with five or more employees to provide sexual harassment prevention training for both supervisory and non-supervisory roles. All team members must complete the training course every two years. New hires and newly promoted employees must complete it within six months of being hired/promoted. HALA members get 15% off.
Request Discount Code & Instructions: mail@hotelassociationla.com
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The Responsible Beverage Service Training Act requires anyone who serves alcohol, manages servers, delivers alcohol, takes orders, or checks IDs at a business that serves alcohol onsite to be trained to serve alcohol legally and safely to the public. The law authorized the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) to establish the Responsible Beverage Server Training Program (RBSTP). Under the program, every alcohol server and their manager must have a valid Responsible Beverage Server (RBS) certification from the ABC.
HALA members get 20% off the $15 per-person cost of the approved training program, ServSafe.
Request Discount Code & Instructions: mail@hotelassociationla.com
Note: If you’re training more than 100 employees, contact Elisa Cain, Regional Sales Manager, for more discounts: ecain@restaurant.org or 480.235.6706.