Community Corner

It Pays To Work In Mountain View: City To Raise Minimum Wage

The ordinance was passed by the City Council.

The Mountain View City Council on Thursday passed an ordinance to raise the city’s minimum wage to $10.30 per hour.

The wage increase will go into effect next July. The city council also voted 6-1 to set a goal of raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2018.

The California minimum wage is $9 per hour and is set to increase to $10 in 2016.

Find out what's happening in Mountain Viewfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

More information on the city’s ordinance can be found here.

--Bay City News

Find out what's happening in Mountain Viewfor free with the latest updates from Patch.

--Image via Shutterstock

Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.