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Consumer and Community Impacts of Hazard Pay Mandates <br />➢ If imposed in the City of Los Angeles, the job loss would be 7,000 workers. <br />➢ And in the City of Long Beach, the job impact of its $4.00 per hour mandate <br />would be 775 jobs. <br />➢ Stores could alternatively avoid job reductions by cutting hours worked by 22 <br />percent. <br />• For the significant share of stores already operating with net losses, a massive <br />government -mandated wage increase would likely result in store closures, thereby <br />expanding the number of "food deserts" (i.e. communities with no fresh -food options). <br />5 <br />