Rescission of Adult Live Performance Venue IZD

A Shift Change advocate thanked club workers for testifying and urged the council to end 'cross-district land use vote reciprocity' and fully repeal the related motions, citing lost trust in institutions.

Speaking for colleagues who fear retribution, she said restrictions harm workers, reduce club diversity, and limit dancers' freedom to choose safe workplaces.

A Bourbon Street dancer since 2018 said the zoning freeze discourages small independent clubs, which offer dancers more flexibility, diversity, and safer options than corporate clubs.

A Loyola criminology researcher and former dancer said the 2018 raids found no trafficking victims and urged the council to consult workers before decisions affecting their livelihoods.

A ten-year dancer said blocking new clubs jeopardizes livelihoods and takes away entertainers' agency, and that nothing should be decided about workers without them.

A French Quarter parent and business owner thanked Councilmember King for reconsidering the IZD, argued like businesses clustering together protects workers, and urged repeal of both related motions.

A dancer since 2015 said the city is relitigating a decade-old fight and linked zoning restrictions with gentrification and predatory policing.

A business owner argued that limiting clubs concentrates the industry, making workers more vulnerable, and restricts jobs and the tax base in a city with above-average unemployment.