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    LA might ban cashless businesses. Here's what's at stake

    by Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2023 3 minutes
    An increasing number of restaurants in San Francisco did not accept cash until 2019, when the city passed an ordinance requiring them to do so.

    A growing number of restaurants and businesses in Los Angeles have decided cash is no longer king. If you can't pay via credit card or a digital payment app, you can't pay at all.

    That's a problem, according to City Councilmember Heather Hutt of L.A.'s 10th District. Hutt introduced a motion last week to ban cashless retail businesses in Los Angeles.

    "Not accepting cash payment in the marketplace systematically excludes segments of the population that are largely low-income people of color," the motion said.

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