City of Vista to stop enforcement of Vista's Day Labor law....

Vista, CA: City no longer actively enforcing Day Labor law.

Jose Ramirez sits with other day laborers looking for work near South Santa Fe Avenue and Civic Center Drive in Vista on Nov. 15. (Photo by Hayne Palmour IV - Staff Photographer, North County Times)

A law enacted in Vista four years ago to regulate the street-side hiring of day laborers is no longer being enforced, city officials say. Several factors led to the lapse, they say, including a significant drop in the number of would-be workers who congregate near a busy intersection in the city to wait for work.
The ordinance, unanimously passed by the City Council in 2006, requires employers who hire day laborers to first register at City Hall, display a certificate in their car windows and present workers with written terms of employment. Failure to comply is punishable by a $100 fine.

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