Residents will pay more at their local shops. Local businesses will have to charge more than similar businesses across the border. Most workers who receive the benefit do not live in West Hollywood.
Beverly Hills follows the state law, and their minimum wage is $15 per hour with no CPI (cost of living increase) and up to 24 hours paid vacation time/sick leave. Los Angeles minimum wage is $15 with one CPI increase annually and 48 hours of paid vacation. West Hollywood’s ordinance calls for $17.64 plus two cost of living increases calculated every six months and 96 hours of paid vacation time. The City Staff report presented at Friday’s meeting pegged the minimum wage at $18.77 beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
In addition, the plan has not been properly thought out. Our City Hall has no method of enforcement. West Hollywood will have to create a new layer of code enforcement to listen to hearings from employees and businesses. The WeHo Labor Board will need to oversee all the businesses. The California Labor Board is not in charge of enforcing this local West Hollywood ordinance. There will be a tremendous cost to the City of West Hollywood and this ordinance will produce zero additional revenue. At the current level of management structure there will need to be a head of the ‘labor board’ who will be making in excess of $250,000 plus pensions. Then there is Code Enforcement, and outreach. City Hall will be the de-facto ‘Manager’ of all the employees in the City. One business owner...
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