Tag: Minimum Wage

  • Georgette Gomez Has Nearly Locked Down the Council Presidency

    Councilwoman Georgette Gomez attends a Voice of San Diego Brews and News event. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz Everything is lining up for Councilwoman Georgette Gomez to be San Diego’s next Council president. If that happens, she would suddenly find herself as one of the region’s most powerful elected officials. Gomez, who represents the Council…

  • Fast-Food Workers in City Heights Strike For $15 An Hour

    Protesters are arrested after refusing to leave a City Heights intersection, Sept. 4, 2013. | Photo Credit: Erik Anderson By Erik Anderson Fast-food workers in San Diego took to the streets of City Heights Thursday as part of a one-day strike in up to 150 cities nationwide to press their demands for pay of $15…

  • Two Stories of Impact From San Diego’s Minimum Wage Increase

    By Claire Trageser San Diego became one of several cities that recently raised its minimum wage above both the state and federal minimums. Much has been written and many arguments have been made about the positives and negatives of that decision. This is not that kind of story. Instead, this story illustrates the lives of…