L.A. Mayor Garcetti Expected To Announce Plan For Minimum Wage Raise to $_____ ?

[240 is Back]

L.A. Mayor Garcetti Expected To Announce Plan For $13.25 Minimum Wage

By CATHERINE SAILLANT L.A. council members are drafting an ordinance to boost hourly pay to at least $15.37 at the largest hotels Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is circulating a plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $13.25 an hour over three years, followed by annual boosts keyed to inflation, according to business representatives and City Hall officials.

The action is expected to be announced on Labor Day.

So far, the proposal has received a cool reception from major business groups worried about the effect on payroll and the possibility that higher wages could drive jobs out of the city. Even some labor leaders dislike it because the hourly wage does not immediately rise to at least $15, a goal that unions have been pursuing for months to help their members cope with the city's high cost of living.

If Los Angeles is to maintain our standing as a world-class city, we need to increase the minimum wage. - Eli Broad, businessman and philanthropist "There is a crisis in wages for the working poor and we feel strongly about the largest increase as soon as possible,'' said Maria Elena Durazo, chief of the Los Angles County Federation of Labor, a powerful coalition of regional unions.

Durazo pointed to union studies that show 46% of Los Angeles workers make less than $15 an hour.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


The following people will be happy by this, even if doesn't work, according to many economics experts:

1) Libs, dems, etc.

2) Mitt Romney and paul ryan.  Yes.  You read that right.

3) This 65 repubs that wrote a letter to Boehnner demanding a min wage increase.

In addition to the letter-signers, those voting for the 2007 increase also included current Members of Congress:
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)   Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)   Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)   Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)   Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)   Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)   Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)   Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)   Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)   Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)   Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)   Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)   Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)   Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)   Sen. John Thune (R-SD)   Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)   Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)   Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)   Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)   Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)   Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)   Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)   Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)   Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)   Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)   Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)   Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)   Rep. Candace Miller (R-MI)
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)   Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)   Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)   Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)   Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)   Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)   Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)   Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)   Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)   Rep. Frank Wolf (R-KY)   Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)

[Coach is Back!]

I don't give a fuck. I proudly live in the most conservative county in California. I've openly and publicly told Obama, Brown and political libs to go fuck themselves.

[Ron]

Yes, make the minimum wage so high here that businesses keep leaving to other counties and states...  wait, that is already happening here in Los Angeles. 

[Soul Crusher]

Liberal crackpots being liberal crackpots.  no surprise

[Archer77]

Yes, make the minimum wage so high here that businesses keep leaving to other counties and states...  wait, that is already happening here in Los Angeles. 

California being a border state, it's even easier to move manufacturing to mexico.  The service industry will be effected the most.

[Coach is Back!]

Yes, make the minimum wage so high here that businesses keep leaving to other counties and states...  wait, that is already happening here in Los Angeles. 

Strawman, you know the guy with the degree in finance, says this is not the case. lol

[Coach is Back!]

L.A. Mayor Garcetti Expected To Announce Plan For $13.25 Minimum Wage

By CATHERINE SAILLANT L.A. council members are drafting an ordinance to boost hourly pay to at least $15.37 at the largest hotels Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is circulating a plan to raise the city's minimum wage to $13.25 an hour over three years, followed by annual boosts keyed to inflation, according to business representatives and City Hall officials.

The action is expected to be announced on Labor Day.

So far, the proposal has received a cool reception from major business groups worried about the effect on payroll and the possibility that higher wages could drive jobs out of the city. Even some labor leaders dislike it because the hourly wage does not immediately rise to at least $15, a goal that unions have been pursuing for months to help their members cope with the city's high cost of living.

If Los Angeles is to maintain our standing as a world-class city, we need to increase the minimum wage. - Eli Broad, businessman and philanthropist "There is a crisis in wages for the working poor and we feel strongly about the largest increase as soon as possible,'' said Maria Elena Durazo, chief of the Los Angles County Federation of Labor, a powerful coalition of regional unions.

Durazo pointed to union studies that show 46% of Los Angeles workers make less than $15 an hour.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


The following people will be happy by this, even if doesn't work, according to many economics experts:

1) Libs, dems, etc.

2) Mitt Romney and paul ryan.  Yes.  You read that right.

3) This 65 repubs that wrote a letter to Boehnner demanding a min wage increase.

In addition to the letter-signers, those voting for the 2007 increase also included current Members of Congress:
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)   Sen. John Boozman (R-AR)   Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)   Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)   Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)   Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)   Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)   Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)   Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)   Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)   Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)   Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)   Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)   Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)   Sen. John Thune (R-SD)   Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)   Rep. Rodney Alexander (R-LA)   Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)   Rep. Jo Bonner (R-AL)   Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)   Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)   Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)   Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA)   Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ)
Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA)   Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)   Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)   Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)   Rep. Candace Miller (R-MI)
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)   Rep. Tom Petri (R-WI)   Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA)   Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)   Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)   Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)   Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID)
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)   Rep. Michael Turner (R-OH)   Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)   Rep. Frank Wolf (R-KY)   Rep. Don Young (R-AK)
Rep. Bill Young (R-FL)

please provide a link for the above names. you have a history of posting shit to suit your argument without a link.

[Option D]

Yes, make the minimum wage so high here that businesses keep leaving to other counties and states...  wait, that is already happening here in Los Angeles. 

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wasnt that happening before while min wage was hella low...

Min wage increase isnt to blame for businesses leaving, because they have been doing it for over 45 years.....here....in los angeles...

[headhuntersix]

Not everybody can leave......this hurts the guys that have no choice but to close.

[240 is Back]

please provide a link for the above names. you have a history of posting shit to suit your argument without a link.

3) This 65 repubs that wrote a letter to Boehnner demanding a min wage increase.

Here you go coach - the letter and their OWN SIGNATURES.

http://web.archive.org/web/20060731122616/http:/www.house.gov/shays/news/2006/july/minimumwage.pdf

These repubs SUPPORTED RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE, along with Romney. 

[240 is Back]

I dislike raising the minimum wage because economically, it doesn't work.  It does not.

However, Romney, Obama and the dems in congress, and the 65 shitbird repubs - they DO support raising minimum wage, and the repubs wrote a letter to boehnner asking for it. 

tough to call this a liberal cause, without calling them libs too   

[Soul Crusher]

amazing how shitbama was screaming on labor day about minimum wage like a child screaming for toys in Toys R Us yet Never gets even 50% as animated for the WOT


F him - hope he just goes golfing the remained of his term and STFU

[Mawse]

This will help offset our upcoming 75 cent gas tax rise (thanks Arnie!) that they're not even pretending will be spent "saving the planet" anymore

[headhuntersix]

What's that..like 5 Bucks per gallon in cali? I'd ride a horse to work....

[Straw Man]

I dislike raising the minimum wage because economically, it doesn't work.  It does not.

However, Romney, Obama and the dems in congress, and the 65 shitbird repubs - they DO support raising minimum wage, and the repubs wrote a letter to boehnner asking for it. 

tough to call this a liberal cause, without calling them libs too   

except when it does

The 13 U.S. states that increased their minimum wages on January 1 saw higher employment growth, on average, than the states where the minimum wage didn't change, according to an analysis by the Center for Economic Policy Research, a progressive think tank.

Four states passed laws to raise wages, while nine others had automatic wage increases pegged to inflation. The employment rate rose 0.99 percent, on average, in those states in the first five months of 2014, according to the CEPR. Employment rose by just 0.68 percent, on average, during that same period in the 37 states that didn't raise wages.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/minimum-wage-kill-jobs_n_5571412.html

When you go to the CEPR report they point out that although correlation is always not causality (though of course sometime it is) they do point out that it  "does provide evidence against theoretical negative employment effects of minimum-wage increases."

At the beginning of 2014, 13 states increased their minimum wage. Of these 13 states, four passed legislation raising their minimum wage (Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island). In the other nine, their minimum wage automatically increased in line with inflation at the beginning of the year (Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington state).

As CEPR noted in March and April posts, economists at Goldman Sachs conducted a simple evaluation of the impact of these state minimum-wage increases. GS compared the employment change between December and January in the 13 states where the minimum wage increased with the changes in the remainder of the states. The GS analysis found that the states where the minimum wage went up had faster employment growth than the states where the minimum wage remained at its 2013 level.

When we updated the GS analysis using additional employment data from the BLS, we saw the same pattern: employment growth was higher in states where the minimum wage went up. While this kind of simple exercise can't establish causality, it does provide evidence against theoretical negative employment effects of minimum-wage increases.

http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/2014-job-creation-in-states-that-raised-the-minimum-wage

[Straw Man]

Strawman, you know the guy with the degree in finance, says this is not the case. lol

I'll settle on the recent report from the Center for Economic Policy and Research .

Hey, aren't you the moron that said every new tax, legislation and even every vacation by the POTUS causes you to have to raise the prices on your tire flipping lessons.

I assume your fee schedule is like the white board at a sushi restaurant and each day we'll need to check for the "market price" on tire flipping lessons

[Soul Crusher]

We should make it 50 an hour

[Straw Man]

We should make it 50 an hour

you certainly shouldn't but thanks for giving the typical morons response on this subject

[Soul Crusher]

you certainly shouldn't but thanks for giving the typical morons response on this subject

30?

[240 is Back]

at any rate, the one everyone keeps slurping for 2016, this romney dude, he supports raising the minimum wage.  so i guess that'll make everyone happy.

[Straw Man]

30?

seems kind of high for a guy who spend the entire day every day making virtually the exact sames posts on an obscure website.

it's not like you're doing something of value like making my coffee in the morning or flipping burgers

[Wolfox]

Increased cost of living in cali but more out of state amazon buying power.  

[tonymctones]

except when it does
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/minimum-wage-kill-jobs_n_5571412.html

When you go to the CEPR report they point out that although correlation is always not causality (though of course sometime it is) they do point out that it  "does provide evidence against theoretical negative employment effects of minimum-wage increases."
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/blogs/cepr-blog/2014-job-creation-in-states-that-raised-the-minimum-wage

This was based off of a one month sample and 9 of the 13 states that raised the minimum wage did so as a result of the minimum wage being tied to inflation...IE a cost of living increase.

This is certainly not nearly enough to support to defend any stance on raising the minimum wage and even the study admits that it is a simplistic study and cannot tell anything about causality.

"While this kind of simple exercise can't establish causality, it does provide evidence against theoretical negative employment effects of minimum-wage increases."

A study spanning one month, using data from when the economy is growing, in which 9 of the 13 states used raised the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation when we have very low inflation....THATS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE TO USE TO BACK UP YOUR ARGUMENT....

[tonymctones]

Looking at their chart its obvious the people used the data they wanted and discarded the rest. The two states that had the most growth didnt raise the minimum wage and the state with the biggest decrease was a state with a raise in the minimum wage.

[Straw Man]

This was based off of a one month sample and 9 of the 13 states that raised the minimum wage did so as a result of the minimum wage being tied to inflation...IE a cost of living increase.

This is certainly not nearly enough to support to defend any stance on raising the minimum wage and even the study admits that it is a simplistic study and cannot tell anything about causality.

"While this kind of simple exercise can't establish causality, it does provide evidence against theoretical negative employment effects of minimum-wage increases."

A study spanning one month, using data from when the economy is growing, in which 9 of the 13 states used raised the minimum wage to keep pace with inflation when we have very low inflation....THATS NOT A GOOD EXAMPLE TO USE TO BACK UP YOUR ARGUMENT....

WTF man - did you even read my post?

I cited the exact same line in the summary of their report and even put it in BOLD