O2457City Council Meeting: 5 -27 -14
Santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2457 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 4.65.010
TO INCREASE THE LIVING WAGE
WHEREAS, in May of 2005, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica (the
"City Council") adopted Ordinance No. 2152 to require that persons working on City
contracts receive a living wage (the "Living Wage Ordinance "); and
WHEREAS, the findings approved as part of the Living Wage Ordinance
establish that its purposes include ensuring that those workers have sufficient income to
pay the high costs of living in the City, region and State to cover costs of health care,
and to have the leisure to participate in civic life; and
WHEREAS, the Living Wage Ordinance set an initial Minimum Wage of eleven
dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per hour, effective July 1, 2005, to be adjusted annually,
each July 1, by an amount equal to the consumer price index ( "CPI ") for the previous
year; and
WHEREAS, commencing July 1, 2006, the Minimum Wage has increased
pursuant to the requirements of the Living Wage Ordinance to an amount equal to
fourteen dollars and eight cents ($14.08) effective through June 30, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recently approved several development
agreements
requiring a wage of fifteen dollars and thirty -seven cents ($15.37) an hour for workers
associated with those projects; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of consistency, fairness and equal treatment for
workers with City contracts and City employees, the City Council now desires to
increase the Minimum Wage under the Living Wage Ordinance to an equivalent
amount; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend Santa Monica Municipal Code Section
4.65.010 to increase the Minimum Wage to an amount equal to fifteen dollars and thirty-
seven cents ($15.37), to be effective July 1, 2014.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 4.65.010 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code is hereby
amended to read as follows:
4.65.010 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
"Employee" means any person who does not actually work as a manager,
supervisor, or confidential employee, and who is not required to possess an
occupational license.
"Minimum Wage" means a wage payment set under this Chapter. As of July 1,
2005, Minimum Wage means a wage payment at an initial hourly rate of eleven dollars
and fifty cents per hour. As of July 1, 2014, Minimum Wage means a wage payment at
an initial hourly rate of fifteen dollars and thirty -seven cents. The Minimum Wage shall
be adjusted annually each July 1 st, beginning 2006, by an amount corresponding to the
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previous year's change (January to January) in the Consumer Price Index for Urban
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers 1967 =100 for Los Angeles- Riverside - Orange
County, California.
SECTION 2. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would
have passed this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the
passage of this Ordinance. The City Clerk shall cause the same to be published once
in the official newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 27th day of May, 2014.
Terry O'Day, Mayor Pro T
State of California )
County of Los Angeles ) ss.
City of Santa Monica
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance No. 2457 (CCS) had its introduction on May 13, 2014,
and was adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on May 27,
2014 , by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Davis, Holbrook, McKeown, Vazquez, Winterer
Mayor Pro Tern O'Day
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: Mayor O'Connor
A summary of Ordinance No. 2457 (CCS) was duly published pursuant to
California Government Code Section 40806 .
ATTEST:
Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk