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Committee delays MCO living-wage amendments for one week after broad public support
Summary
Supervisors introduced amendments to the Minimum Compensation Ordinance to raise nonprofit rates, add CPI indexing and stronger enforcement; public testimony strongly backed the changes and the committee continued the item one week for budget review and final technical edits.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Aug. 1 heard extensive public testimony and delayed formal action for one week on proposed amendments to the Minimum Compensation Ordinance (MCO), a measure that would raise minimum compensation rates for nonprofit and public-entity contractors and add annual CPI indexing.
Supervisor Tom Ammiano introduced the amendments and asked for a one-week continuance so committee members and the public could review language distributed the same day. Ammiano described key changes: raising nonprofit and public-entity contractor rates to parity with for-profit rates at $10.77 (effective Oct. 1) and adding a CPI-based annual increase (with a…
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