Costa Mesa residents and shoppers could soon see more employees working self-checkout stands at their local supermarkets and drug stores after city leaders narrowly approved new rules on how the automated lanes can function.
The city’s new rules are based on Long Beach’s program, the first city in the state to require self-checkout lanes to have a staff member attached to them.
Self-checkout lanes will be limited to people buying 15 items or less under Costa Mesa’s new ordinance to help keep the lines moving, and if stores are found to not keep at least one staff person per three booths at the self checkout lanes, they can be sued by their workers…