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San Diego council adopts hospitality minimum wage, phases to $25 by 2030
Summary
The City Council voted unanimously Sept. 16 to adopt a hospitality minimum wage ordinance covering certain large hotels, event centers and amusement parks in San Diego, phasing the wage up to $25 an hour by 2030 and adding worker protections and enforcement provisions.
The San Diego City Council on Sept. 16 voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance that establishes a new hospitality minimum wage for certain hotels, event centers and amusement parks within the city's boundaries, phasing in to $25 per hour by 2030 and indexing thereafter for inflation.
The ordinance, introduced by Council Member Ila Rivera and presented by her deputy chief of staff Maya Rosas, targets large hospitality employers — defined in the draft as hotels with at least 150 guest rooms, specified event centers and amusement parks — and on-site businesses that operate "on the grounds" of those facilities. The measure phases wages upward beginning July 1, 2026, and includes anti-retaliation protections, an employee complaint process and enforcement by the city's Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement.
"San Diego should work for San Diegans," Maya Rosas said during the presentation, citing regional data on tourism and the high cost of living that leaves many hospitality workers unable to afford to live in the…
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