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04/09/2018 ORDINANCE NO. 2443 ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 46 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY RELATING TO A CITY-WIDE MINIMUM WAGE WHEREAS, the State of California has enacted a minimum wage that will reach $15.00 per hour for all Employers in January of 2023; and WHEREAS, in an effort to help working households achieve economic security and acknowledging the higher relative cost of living on the Peninsula, the City Council of the City of Redwood City wishes to enact a citywide minimum wage to reach no less than $15.00 per hour before 2023; and WHEREAS, the City of Redwood City may adopt a higher minimum wage pursuant to the powers vested in the City under the laws and Constitution of the State of California, including but not limited to the police powers vested in the City pursuant to Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution. NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The purpose and intent of this Ordinance is to adopt a new Chapter 46 of the Code of the City of Redwood City to provide a minimum wage that increases annually and reaches a level of no less than $15.00 per hour on January 1, 2020. Section 2. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are hereby incorporated herein by this reference as if fully set forth in their entirety. Section 3. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed Ordinance is in the public interest. Section 4. The proposed Ordinance is not a project within the meaning of section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, either directly or ultimately. In the event that this Ordinance is found to be a project under CEQA, it is subject to the CEQA exemption contained in CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty to have no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment. Section 5. If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion or sections of the Ordinance. The City Council of the City of Redwood City hereby declares that it would have adopted the Ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that Page 1 of 8 ATFY/ORD.458/RC MINIMUM WAGE ORDINANCE NO. 2443 REV: 04-02-1815 MUFF NO. 205