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    The San Diego City Council voted to override the Mayor's veto of an ordinance that will raise the minimum wage and provide earned sick leave to workers. The ordinance will raise the minimum wage to $9.75 in 2015, $10.50 in 2016, and $11.50 in 2017, and allow workers to earn up to five paid sick days per year. It will provide raises for 172,000 workers and access to sick leave for 279,000 workers. The measure was proposed by City Council President Todd Gloria and supported by 63% of San Diego residents.

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    The San Diego City Council voted to override the Mayor's veto of an ordinance that will raise the minimum wage and provide earned sick leave to workers. The ordinance will raise the minimum wage to $9.75 in 2015, $10.50 in 2016, and $11.50 in 2017, and allow workers to earn up to five paid sick days per year. It will provide raises for 172,000 workers and access to sick leave for 279,000 workers. The measure was proposed by City Council President Todd Gloria and supported by 63% of San Diego residents.

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    Council President Todd Gloria: News From City of San Diego

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    The San Diego City Council voted to override the Mayor's veto of an ordinance that will raise the minimum wage and provide earned sick leave to workers. The ordinance will raise the minimum wage to $9.75 in 2015, $10.50 in 2016, and $11.50 in 2017, and allow workers to earn up to five paid sick days per year. It will provide raises for 172,000 workers and access to sick leave for 279,000 workers. The measure was proposed by City Council President Todd Gloria and supported by 63% of San Diego residents.

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    NEWS RELEASE

    For immediate release: August 18, 2014 Contact: Katie Keach, 619-847-8274

    Raises and Sick Leave for Workers Preserved by City Council
    City Council Overrides Mayors Veto of Minimum Wage-Earned Sick Leave
    Ordinance

    SAN DIEGO (August 18, 2014) The San Diego City Council today preserved earned sick leave
    opportunities for San Diegans and raises for local minimum wage workers when they voted to
    override the Mayors veto of the measure. The vote was 6-2. Todays vote serves as the final
    legislative act, and the measure will go into effect on January 1, 2015.

    Today, more San Diegans know that they will be better able to buy groceries and pay
    their rent starting in January, said Council President Todd Gloria. Today, the City Council
    stood up for 63% of San Diegans who support fair wages and a responsible sick leave
    policy, and all of our city will be better off.

    The ordinance would provide access to five earned sick days a year for 279,000 working San
    Diegans and result in raises for at least 172,000 San Diegans.

    The new $11.50 minimum wage will be phased in through 2017 with indexing to inflation starting
    on January 1, 2019. On January 1, 2015, the wage will increase to $9.75. It will move to $10.50
    on January 1, 2016, and reach $11.50 on January 1, 2017. The proposal includes no exemptions
    for any industry or business. The ordinance also allows all workers to earn up to five sick days
    per year.
    "Thanks to Council President Gloria and the other councilmembers, I will not be forced to
    choose between going to work sick and losing a day's pay. The San Diego minimum wage
    means I will be able to keep up with my rent and buy groceries," said Jessie Thomas, a
    waitress and full-time student.
    The measure was initiated by Council President Gloria, who included his desire to increase the
    minimum wage in his State of the City address on January 15, 2014.

    Councilmember Myrtle Cole participated in the special meeting by phone from City Hall in Duluth,
    Georgia, where she is assisting a family member. Councilmember Mark Kersey participated by
    phone from Ohio, where he is spending time with his family.

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    News from
    Council President Todd Gloria
    City of San Diego

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