Local cities continue to make strides to increase local minimum wages, and our San Mateo County Low-Wage Worker Profile continues to inform city councils’ deliberations. On November 28, the City of Belmont adopted a minimum wage making it the second city in the county with such policy. Their minimum wage will increase incrementally starting on July 1, 2018 and will reach $15 by 2020. In 2022, the local minimum wage will adjust increases to the Consumer Price Index of the Bay Area.

In the meantime, Redwood City is conducting a robust outreach to local businesses to assess what incremental increase local businesses may favor and how to best help them adjust to a potential increase in the local minimum wage. Redwood City Council is expected to make a final decision in March 2018. Other cities exploring an increase in their minimum wage are Daly City and Brisbane.