Will the regional hurricane of minimum wage legislation that has been pounding across Los Angeles for months ultimately drench Culver City?
“I don’t think Culver City needs to conform to everything neighboring cities decide to do,” says Vice Mayor Andy Weissman.
“We are not Los Angeles or Santa Monica.
“Merely because L.A. or Santa Monica decides it wants to go in a particular direction, that does not mean Culver City should follow in knee-jerk fashion.”
Mr. Weissman said that before City Hall pursues any increases, it needs to pause and review.
Culver City does not have a minimum wage ordinance, he said.
“We abide by state law,” $9 hourly, going to $10 on Jan. 1.
“Our first consideration,” Mr. Weissman said, “should be, do we want to create our own ordinance vs. continuing to abide by whatever is done at the state level.
“If we decide Culver City needs its own wage ordinance, we can then discuss what the elements of the ordinance ought to be.”
As for the vice mayor’s private opinion, Mr. Weissman said, “I have not resolved the threshold question of whether we need to do anything differently.”
What is his opinion of the minimum wage?
“I don’t have one.”
