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Advocates press council to require self‑sufficiency wage targets in WIB annual plan; council orders report‑back
Summary
Community groups urged the council to require the Workforce Investment Board annual plan to aim for self‑sufficiency wages for trainees and avoid relying solely on a broad "demand occupations" list that can include low‑pay jobs.
Community advocates told the City Council the Workforce Investment Board (WIB) annual plan should include explicit targets to ensure trainees leave programs with jobs that pay a self‑sufficiency wage and career pathways, not merely placement in high‑demand but low‑wage occupations.
Neda Maina of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Alliance urged the council to require a self‑sufficiency wage for participants during training and in job placements and to limit reliance on a broad "demand occupations" definition that…
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