Ramin Ekhtiar is not being subtle about what he thinks is happening in Los Angeles.
In a recent video on his Ramin RealTalk channel, the entrepreneur and California commentator argues that the city’s new hotel wage law is not just ambitious, but dangerous, and that the fallout may already be underway. His core claim is blunt: Los Angeles politicians sold the public a feel-good wage victory, but the early signs suggest the policy may be pushing hotels toward layoffs, hour cuts, cancelled projects, and a much messier buildup to the 2028 Olympics than city leaders want to admit.
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