The Costa Mesa City Council adopted a new ordinance this past week that requires at least one employee to monitor self-checkout lanes to help prevent theft and protect grocery clerk jobs.
They adopted this ordinance just months after Long Beach had approved one similar to this past June.
The proposal was backed by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. The measure was passed by a 5-2 majority vote on Tuesday. Beating the lesser vote, the council stated that theft could result in up to a $1,000 fine per day; “Safe Stores are Staffed Stores.”…