Economy hotels: police calls.

Existing law provides for special business regulations for certain businesses. This bill would make legislative findings regarding the rate of crime at economy hotels. The bill would require any person operating one or more economy hotels in California to post, on the Internet Web site operated by that person for the purpose of taking reservations for the hotel, the total number of calls for police service and the ratio of calls for police service per guest room during the most recent calendar year. The bill would require that the information be posted at the front desk of each economy hotel in a conspicuous location for public inspection. The bill would also require an online travel company, as defined, doing business in California to obtain that information from an economy hotel in California and to post the information on its Internet Web site listing for the economy hotel.