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L.A. City Council Delays $30 Minimum Wage for Hospitality Workers
The 11-4 vote keeps the raise at $25 in July and $30 in January 2030 as leaders seek to avert a tax repeal measure.
- On Tuesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved an 18-month delay to a $30 minimum wage for hotel and airport workers, postponing the increase until after the 2028 Olympics.
- Business leaders threatened to repeal the city's gross receipts tax, which officials claimed would strip $740 million from the general fund over the first year, forcing negotiations.
- Mayor Karen Bass brokered the agreement, calling the proposed tax repeal "an existential threat to the city budget and the services it supports." Business groups agreed to withdraw the ballot measure.
- Finalizing the schedule, the 11 to 4 vote raises wages to $25 in July and reaches $30 by January 2030, though a second approval is required next week.
- Economists remain divided on wage impacts; the Employment Policies Institute found 96% of 166 surveyed economists oppose a $20 minimum wage. Activist Saru Jayaraman counters that workers cannot survive on less than cost-of-living wages.
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The Los Angeles Council advanced with a $30 minimum wage delay for hotel and airport workers to 2030.
L.A. Business Apocalypse Temporarily Averted After City Council Delays $30 an Hour Minimum Wage
(The Center Square)—The Los Angeles City Council’s delay on a $30-an-hour minimum wage has some groups shaking their heads and others clapping their hands. The council last week voted to postpone implementation of the new minimum wage for hotel and airport workers. The vote was 9-6 and would move the timeline from 2028 to 2030. The vote came amid pressure from businesses threatening efforts to repeal the city’s gross receipts tax, which is a maj…
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Leaning Left2Leaning Right3Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center, 37% Right
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- 38% of the sources are Center, 37% of the sources lean Right
38% Center
L 25%
C 38%
R 37%
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