Steve Padilla
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 18
Author
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law requires the department to collect various forms of data, statistics, and research regarding labor within the state. This bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations, in conjunction with the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development and the Director of Housing and Community Development, to develop a certification program for employers that pay a living wage, which the bill would define as the lowest wage that allows full-time and part-time wage earners to afford a decent standard of living, as specified. In order to determine a decent standard of living, the bill would require the department to examine housing costs by county, by region, and in the state and create a formula to ascertain the living wage for each county, each region, and the state. The bill, commencing in 2025, would also require the department to report to the Legislature by December 15 of each year the living wage in each county, each region, and the state and develop a method to annually adjust figures to account for housing cost inflation and inflation broadly.
May 16 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Set for hearing May 16.
April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 3633.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 16.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3563.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Set for hearing April 10.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and HOUSING.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB1049 | HTML |
| 02/07/24 - Introduced |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/09/24- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 04/11/24- Senate Housing | |
| 04/26/24- Senate Appropriations |
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