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title: "Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles' minimum wage on track to go up to $15 by 2020"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/f5c37eeb-864f-4f7b-b4ab-8eef314307b3
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/los-angeles-times-los-angeles-minimum-wage-on-track-to-go-up-to-15-by-2020-1682
category: "Regulation"
topics: ["Regulation & legal"]
published: 2015-05-21T17:12:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:25:22.879Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/8d777f385d3dfec8815d20f7496026dc9061.png
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# Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles' minimum wage on track to go up to $15 by 2020

**TL;DR:** The Los Angeles City Council supports a proposed increase of the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. Los Angeles would be the largest city in the country to make such a change.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-05-21. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/los-angeles-times-los-angeles-minimum-wage-on-track-to-go-up-to-15-by-2020-1682).*

## Story

The Los Angeles City Council recently threw its support behind a proposed increase of the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour, according to the L.A. Times. The California city joins other major metro areas pushing for a minimum wage hike, such as Seattle and Chicago. However, L.A. would be the largest city in the country to make such a change.

The Times reported lawmakers agreed to craft an ordinance raising the current $9-an-hour base wage to $15, with Coucilman Paul Krekorian stating: “Make no mistake, today the city of Los Angeles, the second biggest city in the nation, is leading the nation.”

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- city ordinance (topic)
- Los Angeles City Council (regulator)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/los-angeles-times-los-angeles-minimum-wage-on-track-to-go-up-to-15-by-2020-1682). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/f5c37eeb-864f-4f7b-b4ab-8eef314307b3).