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04/26/2021 WHEREAS, on January 17, 2021, the California Department of Public Health reported another COVID-19 variant that had grown more common across the state since December, with worrisome signs that this variant may be highly transmissible; and WHEREAS, since December 2020, a growing list of cities across California began announcing legislation for hazard pay for essential grocery workers during the period where counties are in the Purple, Red, or Orange level of Community Transmission for COVID-19 under State Health orders. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The City Council finds the foregoing recitals to be true and correct and hereby incorporates those recitals into this Ordinance. Section 2. Title; Purpose. (a) This Ordinance shall be known as the "Grocery Retail Worker Hazard Pay Ordinance." (b) Large Grocery Stores are a vibrant and integral part of the public infrastructure during the ongoing pandemic. The grocery retail workers of the City of Redwood City have continued to report to work and to serve their communities in the face of an unprecedented pandemic. Each day these workers risk their lives and the health of their families without any extra benefits or wages in order to keep the food supply chain operating. (C) The purpose of this Ordinance is to justly compensate grocery retail workers for the clear and present dangers of doing their jobs as essential workers during the pandemic by requiring their employers to provide hazard pay. The City has an interest in ensuring the welfare of its workers and the continued operation of its food supply chain. (d) Through this Ordinance, the City seeks to sustain the stability of the food and health supply chain through supporting the grocery retail workers who continue to work during the pandemic. Section 3. Authority. This Ordinance is enacted pursuant to the City of Redwood City's general police powers, Section 7 of Article XI of the California Constitution, City Charter Section 16, the Governor's Proclamation of a State Emergency dated March 4, 2020, the City's Emergency Proclamation dated March 12, 2020, and any other rights or obligations under local, County, State, and Federal law, including the State and federal constitutions. ATTY/ORD.535/CC ORD HAZARD PAY ORDINANCE ORDINANCE NO. 2493 REV: 04-06-2021 VR MUFF NO. 305 Page 2 of 9