California City Repeals Law Targeting Day Laborers

A Victory For Day Laborers
FILE - This Jan. 26, 2010 file phot shows an unidentified woman carrying eight balloons towards the home of Nadya Suleman on the day of the octuplets first birthday, in La Habra, Calif. Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home. The mortgage holder Amer Haddadin says he is starting foreclosure proceedings on this $565,000 La Habra residence, according to a report Friday March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)
FILE - This Jan. 26, 2010 file phot shows an unidentified woman carrying eight balloons towards the home of Nadya Suleman on the day of the octuplets first birthday, in La Habra, Calif. Octuplets mom Nadya Suleman could be kicked out of her Southern California home. The mortgage holder Amer Haddadin says he is starting foreclosure proceedings on this $565,000 La Habra residence, according to a report Friday March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

LA HABRA Faced with the threat of a free-speech lawsuit city leaders have repealed a law that prevented day laborers from soliciting work on the city's sidewalks.

La Habra's ordinance made it unlawful for any person to stand on a public street or a highway and solicit, or attempt to solicit, employment from motorists. As a result, the city law – and others similar to it enacted by municipalities in the state – affected day laborers who are often undocumented, not unionized and stand in front of large home-improvement retailers looking for work.

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