Shall the measure amending Oakland’s Municipal Code to: (1) establish workplace protections and minimum hourly wage of $15 with benefits or $20 without benefits, increasing annually with inflation, for employees of Oakland hotels with 50 or more guest rooms; (2) authorize administrative enforcement of Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers; and (3) create City department to administratively enforce Oakland’s employment standards for hotel and non-hotel workers, be adopted?
2, Alameda County • 2018 • M
Passed
Result: 76.3% yes, 23.7% no (153,330 votes cast)
AI-generated plain-language summary
This measure established a minimum wage of $15 per hour with benefits or $20 per hour without benefits for employees at Oakland hotels with 50 or more rooms, with annual inflation adjustments. It also created a city department to administratively enforce employment standards for both hotel and non-hotel workers in Oakland.