“$30 by 30!” isn’t yet a familiar political rallying cry. But it might become one. That’s because liberals, emboldened by recent polling and electoral successes, are pushing hard for big metropolitan areas like Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area to set a $30-an-hour minimum wage by the year 2030.
A coalition of labor and left-leaning activists announced Tuesday in L.A. that they hope to have the county Board of Supervisors take up a proposal to mandate the higher wage soon, phasing the increase in over roughly five years for businesses operating in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.
It could be illegal to work for less than $30 an hour in California. For you rookies out there: there could be a lot of unemployment. Many recent college graduates don't make that.
