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Referendum to delay tourism worker wage fails; workers urge council to implement new pay now
Summary
Councilmembers and public speakers marked a failed attempt to delay a tourism worker minimum-wage measure and many public commenters pressed the council to implement higher "Olympic" wages promptly for workers ahead of the 2028 events.
Los Angeles City Council members on Tuesday were briefed that an attempt to qualify a referendum to delay the tourism-worker minimum wage failed, and public commenters used the council's public-comment period to urge the council to move quickly to implement the new pay standard.
Councilmember Nithya Raman (transcript: "Mister Sotomayor Martinez" was used earlier when announcing the referendum failure) announced that the attempt to delay the minimum wage for tourism workers had failed, and she thanked workers who organized to defend the measure. "I just wanna congratulate the workers for all the work that they did to make this happen," she said on the council floor.
Public speakers at the council microphone pressed the council to put the wage into effect…
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