A Sonoma County coalition of labor, faith, environmental and community organizations has unveiled a living wage ordinance that, among other things, calls for a $15 an hour living wage that could affect up to 5,000 currently low-wage workers with employment ties to the county.
The public is invited to attend the second in a series of town hall meetings in the five supervisorial districts in the county, where the draft ordinance will be presented to 1st District Supervisor Susan Gorin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15, at the Sonoma Valley Grange Hall, 18627 Highway 12.
The meeting will last approximately an hour-and-a-half. Spanish translation will be available.
The meeting will be moderated by Anna Pier, chair of the La Luz Bilingual Center board.
Panelists include Rev. Norman Cram (retired), Jobs with Justice faith organizer; Anita Torres, home care worker and SEIU UHW member; Mario Castillo, El Verano Elementary School, parent engagement coordinator; Marty Bennett, co-chair, North Bay Jobs with Justice; and Gorin.
The coalition – which includes the North Bay Organizing Project, North Bay Jobs with Justice, North Bay Labor Council, Sierra Club, and Sonoma County Conservation Action – plans to propose the living wage ordinance to the County Board of Supervisors later this fall.
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