Today, the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted 4 to 1 to enact a measure that will require all businesses with 10 or more employees to maintain a workforce that includes at least 10% homeless employees. It’s all part of the city creating a culture of belonging. Supervisor Hilda Solis declared, “We are the most progressive city in the world.”

The one dissenting vote came from Lindsey Horvath, who was immediately labeled by activist groups at city hall as being a ‘right-wing, Nazi, fascist’ and there were calls for her to resign.

Businesses that refuse to comply will face a $750 fine for the first offense, then a $4,025 fine, and a 30-day suspension of business operations for the second offense. After the third offense, businesses will be dissolved and barred from reopening under a different name and pay a $12,505 fine.

The measure was embraced by most businesses that we spoke to, however, a few restaurant owners had reservations. Giovani Romano, who runs an Italian restaurant in Marina Del Rey, said “My customers will not want to have their table waited by some crackhead, and they certainly don’t want their food cooked by one of these vagrants.”

Seth Wojcicki, who runs Google's Santa Monica office, expressed optimism. "I'm not sure if the homeless people I see at my local 7-Eleven know how to code, but when we were told that this is all about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion we were all onboard."

Janice Hahn said the reason that there are so many homeless people in Los Angeles is that landlords charge too much for rent and because employers discriminate against the homeless. When asked why rent control and giving free housing for the homeless hasn’t put a dent in the homeless problem, Hahn said “It’s working. Now, we just need to give them jobs, this will end homelessness.”