LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval Wednesday to an ordinance raising the minimum wage for people working at some health-care facilities in the city to $25 per hour.

The Minimum Wage for Employees Working at Healthcare Facilities initiative, which was brought to the council through a successful petition drive, will now move to the mayor’s office for final consideration. The ordinance raises the workers’ minimum wage, adjusting it annually to account for increases in the cost of living.

The ordinance also prohibits employers from funding the minimum wage increase by laying off workers or reducing benefits or hours.

The ordinance applies only to privately owned facilities, including hospitals, clinics, skilled nursing facilities and residential care facilities. It applies to workers including clinicians, nursing assistants, aides, technicians, maintenance workers, janitors, housekeepers, clerical workers and administrative workers.

The council had the choice of either adopting the initiative or putting it before voters. On a 10-2 vote last week, the council opted to adopt the measure without going to a public vote. Council members Joe Buscaino and Paul Krekorian opposed the measure. Because the vote was not unanimous, the issue had to return for a second vote, and on Wednesday, it was approved on a 10-0 vote. Neither Buscaino nor Krekorian voted on the issue.

People who work for health-care facilities in Los Angeles do not have their own minimum...

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