Health Impact Assessment of the Proposed Los Angeles Wage Theft Ordinance
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HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPOSED LOS ANGELES WAGE THEFT ORDINANCE Conducted by Human Impact Partners In conjunction with the Los Angeles Coalition Against Wage Theft August 2014 humanimpact.org AUTHORS ABOUT HUMAN IMPACT PARTNERS Fabiola Santiago, MPH, Human Impact Partners Human Impact Partners (HIP) is a national nonprofit Brooke Staton, BA, Human Impact Partners organization based in Oakland, CA working to trans- Natalia Garcia, BA, UCLA Labor Center form the polices and places people need to live health Jill Marucut, BA, UCLA Labor Center lives by increasing the consideration of health and Tia Koonse, JD/MUP, UCLA Labor Center equity in decision making. HIP is considered a leader in the field of Health Impact Assessments in the U.S.; their work is directed to bringing the power of public SUGGESTED CITATION health science to campaigns and movements for a Human Impact Partners. June 2014. Health Impact just society. HIP has conducted HIAs at the local, Assessment of the Proposed Los Angeles Wage Theft state, and federal levels with communities across Ordinance. Oakland, CA. the country from Hawaii to Maine. The findings from HIP’s HIAs have been integrated into numerous poli- For more information, contact: cy-making and planning processes. Fabiola Santiago Human Impact Partners HIP’S HEALTH AND EQUITY FELLOWSHIP [email protected] PROGRAM 510-452-9442 x111 HIP’s Health and Equity Fellowship was established in 2012 with the goal of increasing the racial and FUNDING ethnic diversity of emerging professionals committed This project was made possible by generous support to promoting the consideration of health and equity from The Kresge Foundation in decision making through HIA and Healthy Public Policies (HPP) approaches. This full-time fellowship, REVIEWERS AND COMMENTERS offered to one candidate each year, includes ongoing Holly Avey, PhD, Human Impact Partners education and training in the practice of HIA, and Helen Chen, JD/MS Labor Occupational Health in the application of approaches to integrate health Program at UC Berkeley into policy planning decisions. In addition to working Pronita Gupta, MPA, Human Impact Partners Board on projects along with HIP’s staff, each Health and Member Equity Fellow is responsible for initiating and leading Victor Narro, JD, UCLA Labor Center a new and innovative HIA or HPP project that aims Lynn Todman, PhD, Massachusetts Institute of to advance the consideration of health and equity in Technology decision making. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LOS ANGELES COALITION AGAINST Many individuals and organizations supported this WAGE THEFT HIA by helping develop its scope, serving as research The L.A. Coalition Against Wage Theft launched in advisors, contributing facts and information, and/or 2008, and continues to steadily grow in size and helping facilitate focus groups and community meet- support. The following organizations are part of ings. Their participation is greatly appreciated. Key the coalition’s steering committee: National Day supporters include: Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON); Institute for Popular Education of Southern California (IDEPSCA); Holly Avey, Lili Farhang, Jonathan Heller, and Jennifer Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles Lucky, Human Impact Partners; LA Coalition Against (CHIRLA); Central American Resource Network Wage Theft: Cathy Deppe, 9-5 Coalition of Working (CARECEN); Community Labor Environmental Action Women; Brenda Medina and Rosemarie Molina, Network (CLEAN) Carwash Campaign; Koreatown CLEAN Carwash Campaign; Marissa Nuncio, Garment Immigrant Workers Alliance (KIWA); Pilipino Worker Worker Center; Mario Lopez, Institute for Popular Center (PWC); Garment Worker Center (GWC); L.A. Education of Southern California; Rebeca Ronquillo, affiliate Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC- Koreatown Immigrant Workers Alliance; Veronica LA); 9-5 Coalition of Working Women; the UCLA Federovsky, National Day Laborer Organizing Network; Downtown Labor Center; United Food and Commercial Ilecara Velez, Restaurant Opportunities Center of Los Workers (UFCW) Local 770; and Service Employees Angeles; Victor Narro and Tia Koonse, UCLA Labor International Union-United Service Workers West Center; Eric Arce, UC Santa Barbara, Sociology PhD (SEIU-USWW) Local 1877. Candidate; Annette Bernhard and Miranda Dietz, UC Berkeley Labor Center; Antonio Diaz, PODER; Sarita Gupta, Erin, Johansson, and Natalie Patrick-Knox, Jobs with Justice; Eunice Hyunhye Cho, National Employment Law Project; Aaron Wernharm, Health Impact Project. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................................5 Chapter 1: Introduction ........................................................................................................................................11 Chapter 2: Background ........................................................................................................................................12 2.1 History of Coalition and Campaign ...........................................................................................................12 2.2 Policy Context and Proposed Los Angeles Wage Theft Ordinance .............................................................12 Chapter 3: HIA Screening and Scoping .................................................................................................................14 3.1 Health Impact Assessment Overview .......................................................................................................14 3.2 Social Determinants of Health .................................................................................................................15 3.3 Existing Conditions ..................................................................................................................................15 3.4 Pathway Diagram ....................................................................................................................................18 Chapter 4: Assessment and Impacts ...................................................................................................................19 4.1 Methodology ............................................................................................................................................19 4.2 HIA Focus Group Participant Demographics ............................................................................................19 4.3 Income, Time Poverty, and Living Conditions ............................................................................................22 Income ....................................................................................................................................................22 Time Poverty ...........................................................................................................................................25 Living Conditions ....................................................................................................................................26 Worker Health and Family Well-Being .....................................................................................................27 4.4 Workplace Environment ...........................................................................................................................30 Working Conditions .................................................................................................................................31 Work Culture ...........................................................................................................................................31 4.5 Intersectionality Theory ...........................................................................................................................33 4.6 Impact Predictions ..................................................................................................................................34 Impact Prediction Table and Explanation ................................................................................................35 Chapter 5: Recommendations .............................................................................................................................38 City of Los Angeles ........................................................................................................................................38 Los Angeles County Department of Public Health .........................................................................................39 Worker Rights and Advocacy Organizations ...................................................................................................39 Limitations ....................................................................................................................................................40 Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................................................41 Appendices .........................................................................................................................................................42 Appendix A: Wage Theft Health Impact Assessment Process ........................................................................42 1. Screening: Determines the need and value of an HIA ...........................................................................42 2. Scoping: Determines which