Plan Links Higher Pay for Janitors to CRA Funds
A proposed Community Redevelopment Agency policy that could lead to improved wages and health benefits for thousands of Los Angeles janitors, hotel maids and low-paid workers received support Thursday from Mayor Tom Bradley and three City Council members.
Under the plan, employers whose businesses are built with the help of CRA funds would be required to pay workers substantially more than the near-minimum wage rates that prevail in the service sector.
Bradley said the proposal would help address the growing disparity of wealth in places such as downtown Los Angeles and Century City, where blacks, Latinos and others often work for low pay.
City Council members Gloria Molina, Richard Alatorre and Robert Farrell also spoke in favor of the proposal at a City Hall hearing. The CRA is scheduled to vote on the plan in late November after a series of public workshops to review the policy.
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