Los Angeles gives preliminary OK to $15 minimum wage
Protesters in Los Angeles last month advocating a $15 minimum wage. Dan Holm / Shutterstock.com
By a 14-1 vote, the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a $15 minimum-wage plan.
It will require employers of some 800,000 workers to start paying $15 per hour as of 2020. Those who employ fewer than 25 workers will have more time to comply.
Tuesday’s vote puts the measure on the desk of the city attorney, who will draft a minimum-wage ordinance that will be returned to the council for final approval later this year, the Los Angeles Times (sub. req) reports.
The New York Times (reg. req.) and Reuters also have stories.
Currently the minimum wage in Los Angeles is $9 per hour and the federal minimum wage has been $7.25 since 2009.
“We are embarking upon, I think, the most progressive minimum wage policy anywhere in the country,” said City Councilman Curren Price Jr.
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