Oakland's $30 minimum wage measure heads to the full council Dec. 1
The Rules Committee voted 4-0 to send the qualified initiative to the council, which can adopt it, send it to voters or order a study.
By the Bay Area Brief staff · Edited by Seamus McKenna · · 2 min read
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Oakland's Rules Committee voted 4-0 on Thursday to send a qualified initiative raising the city's minimum wage to $30 an hour to the full City Council on Dec. 1.
Why it matters: Oakland's minimum wage is $17.34 now, below San Jose's $18.45 and San Francisco's $19.61. The measure would make it one of the highest in the country.
What happens next
The council can adopt the measure outright, place it before voters (possibly in November 2028), or order an economic impact study first, ABC7 and the East Bay Post report.
The phase-in: large employers would reach $30 by 2030, medium employers by 2035 and small businesses by July 1, 2037.
Backers include One Fair Wage and the Black Organizing Project.
Also in the East Bay
Workers at the Jack in the Box on Park Street in Alameda went on strike Friday over bounced paychecks, ABC7 reports. Legal Aid at Work has filed a lawsuit on their behalf.
Sources
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