A procession of workers wearing raincoats carrying pickets marching down the Santa Monica boardwalk. Some carry red signs reading "Local 11," Purple and white signs reading "Living Wages for Hotel Workers" and green signs reading "Full Family Health Coverage." A man can be seen working through the window of one of the hotels in the foreground. The pavement appears wet and the sky looks as if it has just rained.

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Religious leaders of CLUE, hotel workers, and community members join a “Journey Towards Justice” march in Santa Monica in April 2000. Organized by Santa Monicans Allied for Responsible Tourism (SMART), the march was intended to build public support for a proposal to expand Los Angeles’ Living Wage ordinance to Santa Monica at the City Council to improve the wages of the thousands of low-wage hospitality workers at the city’s luxury beachfront hotels. Additional images available in Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) records at the UCLA Digital Library: digital.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/z10g9spm