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wage ordinance that is higher than State law, covered employers are required to pay <br />the City’s minimum wage. <br /> <br />Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia have wages higher than the federal <br />floor of $7.25 an hour. As of December 2017, forty-one local agencies (cities and <br />counties) across the country had enacted a local minimum wage ordinance. Seventeen <br />of the forty-one agencies are cities located in the Bay Area (Attachment A). <br /> <br />Currently, the City of San Mateo and the City of Belmont are the two cities in San Mateo <br />County with adopted minimum wage ordinances. In addition to Redwood City, two other <br />cities were examining minimum wage ordinances. Those cities were Brisbane and Daly <br />City. <br /> <br />· San Mateo – On August 15, 2016, the San Mateo City Council adopted a <br />Minimum Wage Ordinance with a wage schedule whereby most employers are <br />required to pay $15 per hour by 2019. Non-profit organizations that are tax- <br />exempt per Section 501(c)(3) of the tax code are provided with an extended time <br />frame to reach $15 per hour beginning January 1, 2020. <br /> <br /> City of San Mateo Minimum Wage <br />Effective Date Citywide Nonprofit <br />January 1, 2016 $10.00 $10.00 <br />January 1, 2017 $12.00 $10.50 <br />January 1, 2018 $13.50 $12.00 <br />January 1, 2019 $15.00 $13.50 <br />January 1, 2020 $15.00+ CPI $15.00+CPI <br />January 1, 2021 CPI CPI <br />January 1, 2022 CPI CPI <br />January 1, 2023 CPI CPI <br /> <br /> <br />· Belmont – On November 14, 2017, the City Council adopted an ordinance to <br />increase Belmont's Minimum Wage rate to $15.00 an hour by 2020. Beginning on <br />January 1, 2021, the minimum wage will adjust annually based on the regional <br />Consumer Price Index (CPI). In January 2021, the Belmont minimum wage will <br />be increased by the 2020 and 2019 CPI; this will align Belmont’s minimum wage <br />with the City of San Mateo’s minimum wage program - $15.00 + 2020 CPI + <br />2019 CPI. <br /> <br />Attachment 26.3.A. - Page 14