A petition seeking to raise the minimum wage for all workers at public health care facilities to $25 per hour was certified by Los Angeles County election officials this month, meaning the council now has two options: Let voters decide on Nov. 7, or approve the ballot language as a city ordinance with zero changes.
As of Wednesday morning, just 14% of the ballots sent to Los Angeles County voters were returned, which means thousands of voters decided influential races for Los Angeles and Long Beach mayoral positions and others instead of hundreds of thousands.