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Mayor Lee backs city effort to craft consensus minimum‑wage ballot measure; officials aim for November

3006052 · April 16, 2025
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Mayor Ed Lee told supervisors he supports efforts with labor, business and nonprofits to craft a consensus measure to raise San Francisco's minimum wage—discussed as possibly moving toward $15—targeting placement on the November ballot.

During the board’s question time Mayor Ed Lee said increasing San Francisco’s minimum wage is “one of my top priorities for 2014” and that he and city supervisors were working with labor, business and nonprofit leaders on a single, consensus ballot measure for November.

Supervisor John Maher asked the mayor how the city would balance the size of a wage increase with concerns from small businesses and nonprofits.…

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