The amendment would have criminalized most day labor job solicitation on sidewalks or public spaces anywhere in the City.

Day laborers fill an important economic need in our community and are just trying to support themselves and their families through hard work.

The proposed ban would have been an unconstitutional interference with day laborers free speech right to seek jobs from employers in public spaces.  Nearly identical ordinances have been already been struck down by federal courts in Los Angeles and other cities.

If the City is really concerned about alleged unsafe traffic behavior by a few contractors or day laborers, then the solution is to fairly enforce the already-existing traffic laws (e.g. impeding traffic, jay walking) - not to broadly ban all day labor job-seeking.

Day laborers and community groups have asked the City to work constructively with them on a concrete proposals to make day labor job-seeking safe, dignified, and community-friendly.  This is exactly what the City Council has now agreed to do in response to the day laborers successful appeal, establishing a Day Labor Advisory Committee to consider better long-term policy alternatives.