Los Angeles County Supervisors Deny Nonprofit Exemptions to $15 Minimum Wage

Los Angeles County supervisors rejected a push to exempt nonprofits and job-training programs from a plan to increase the minimum wage for workers in county-controlled areas to $15 an hour by 2021.

The measure to increase the wage in unincorporated areas first was passed by a split vote in July. The board approved the final language of the plan by the same 3-2 vote Tuesday.

Conservative supervisors Don Knabe and Michael D. Antonovich—who also opposed the wage increase—sought the last-minute exemptions for nonprofits, seasonal workers and workers in job-training programs such as Homeboy Industries.