With Krekorian facing term limits, Valley candidates begin jockeying to replace him

Good morning, and welcome to L.A. on the Record — our City Hall newsletter. In the recent City Council District 6 primary race, Armenian Americans made up about 12% of all those who returned ballots, despite making up about 4% of the district’s voting population. — LABOR UPHEAVAL AT INSIDE SAFE: Workers at the L.A. Grand, the hotel providing about 480 rooms for the city’s unhoused population since the outbreak of COVID-19, went back on strike this week. Unite Here Local 11, which represents hotel workers, filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the downtown hotel’s management violated the National Labor Relations Act “by disciplining or otherwise taking reprisal against employees for expressing concerns about workplace safety.” Russ Cox — a representative for Shen Zhen New World I, the Chinese company that owns the L.A. Grand — said hotel management did document “a counseling session” with an employee who had repeatedly spoken about her concerns cleaning rooms for Inside Safe participants during the morning pre-shift meeting, “delaying the other workers from going to their assigned rooms.” Cox also detailed the hotel’s safety procedures. Bass praised Yaroslavsky’s “brave stance” and said getting people off the street will require participation from all corners of the city.