Overview
- Labor and community groups launched the Oakland and Alameda County Living Wage for All campaign to place a $30 hourly minimum wage before county voters.
- The proposal sets staggered timelines, requiring large employers to reach $30 by 2030 while the smallest firms get a decade to comply.
- Organizers cite MIT’s Living Wage Calculator showing each parent in a two‑parent, two‑child household needs to earn more than $40 per hour to cover basic costs.
- Alameda County’s current countywide minimum is about $16 per hour, though several cities in the county set higher local floors up to $19.90.
- Context includes Los Angeles’ $30 requirement for hotel and airport workers by July 2028 and the narrow 2024 defeat of a statewide $18 minimum wage measure.