Protect LA Restaurants

A recent @ucsc study highlights the ripple effect of AB 1228 across California: 1. Fast food jobs lost in CA since 2023: 25,704 from @BLS_gov 2. Worker Benefits/Hours cut: ✅ 3. Increased automation: ✅ Read more to see why: bit.ly/4m54LXF

❗ICYMI: @DanCALmatters shares why lawmakers must fully understand the impact of policy that would impose damaging consequences on local restaurants that should have been more thoroughly considered beforehand. The @LAcityCouncil must listen to the concerns of community business owners and reject the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance to prevent further harm to family-owned businesses. Read more here: bit.ly/4shV76m

Across the U.S., restaurants are struggling. @BusinessInsider reports, as operators juggle rising costs and inflation some closures are happening without advance notice. Adding the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance could be the last straw for some local businesses. Read more: bit.ly/4rMVvJO

Family-owned businesses are concerned about the #CostlyRestarauntOrdinance. “With the cost of living on the rise, I know that these price increases are hard for our customers – they’re hard for us too. I hope that our leaders recognize the damage being done and stop the costly restaurant ordinance moving through City Council” said Bruce Kashani, LA franchisee. Read More: bit.ly/3MSQ6BE

🚩ICYMI: Prices at CA fast food restaurants have increased more than 21 percent since AB 1228 passed in March 2023. The @LAcityCouncil #CostlyRestarauntOrdinance would force food prices even higher when local businesses are already struggling. Read More: bit.ly/3MSQ6BE

When a restaurant closes, the loss is more than a meal. As @nytimes Tejal Rao writes: “Every restaurant is a portal — a way to remember who you were and how things felt… but also to remember the particulars of a city, a neighborhood, a block.” Read more ⬇ bit.ly/45WgVLz

🍳 Opened in 1886 and visited by everyone from Teddy Roosevelt to Charlie Chaplin, The Original Saugus Café closed after nearly 140 years. Another piece of #LA history gone but never forgotten. @LACityCouncil: it’s time to #ProtectLARestaurants ⬇ bit.ly/4ptMqUn

❗After 77 years, Papa Cristo’s, a family-owned 🇬🇷 institution and the unofficial heart of the Byzantine-Latino Quarter, closed its doors last year. @LACityCouncil should reject the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance to avoid losing more small businesses ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

🍗 In 2019, Tokyo Fried Chicken opened in LA , “dreaming it would be the first step in growing [their] brand, but building through the pandemic and everything that followed brought challenges [they’ve] never could’ve predicted.” Now is not the time to create new pressures. ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

🧁 @Sprinkles cupcakes recently closed all of their locations nationwide. According to the @latimes, rising labor costs and industry pressures were key factors. We need to do more to #ProtectLocalRestaurants and support small businesses before it’s too late. bit.ly/3Njj5i3

🍝 Gucci Osteria, once a prestigious Italian restaurant, recently closed without warning. Even Michelin-starred restaurants backed by major brands are struggling under today’s cost pressures. Now is not the time for a #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

🌮 Guerrilla Tacos, once of the most influential taqueria in @cd14losangeles, closed its doors. “As the years passed and we had hope that things were going to get better, they simply have not.” – Brittney Valles-Gordon, Co-owner. Read more ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

🍽 Ham Ji Park, once an award-winning restaurant in @CW_HeatherHutt’s district, was recently forced to close its doors for good. Rising costs are putting local restaurants under immense pressure. @LACityCouncil: reject the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

📆 2025 was a challenging year for many local restaurants, with 100 closures reported by the @latimes. In 2026, @LACityCouncil should support small businesses by rejecting the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance ⬇ bit.ly/49sPABR

Every restaurant closure tells the same story, costs are up, margins are down, and survival is harder. The #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance would add new burdens to an industry already at a breaking point. @LACityCouncil, #ProtectLocalRestaurants! Read more: bit.ly/4qzHE8J

Local restaurants are the heart of our LA neighborhoods, and the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance puts them at risk. ❤️🍽️ Take action today: urge @LACityCouncil to stand with LA’s restaurants and REJECT this costly mandate. bit.ly/4pEQnpz

@EaterLA highlights the closure of Jikoni, one of Culver City’s few Black owned restaurants. At a time when restaurants are barely hanging on, an unnecessary costly ordinance is the wrong move. @LACityCouncil must reject the #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance! bit.ly/4qzHE8J

🚩Spoon and Pork once anchored Japantown with Filipino cuisine and is now closed due to higher costs and industry pressures. LA cannot afford policies that make it harder for local restaurants to survive. @LACityCouncil, #ProtectLocalRestaurants! bit.ly/4qzHE8J

📢 @EaterLA highlights the saddest restaurant closures of 2025. Local restaurants are already struggling with rising costs and razor-thin margins. The #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance would push even more over the edge. @LACityCouncil must reconsider. ⬇️bit.ly/4qzHE8J

More than 33,000 restaurant jobs have disappeared in California since the $20/hour minimum wage law took effect 💼💔 The #CostlyRestaurantOrdinance would intensify the pressure on restaurants and put more jobs on the brink. @LACityCouncil must reject this costly mandate. bit.ly/48vX8Dl