Oakland minimum wage proposal heads to city council after committee vote
A plan to raise Oakland’s minimum wage to thirty dollars an hour has advanced to the city council, as fast-food workers in Alameda protest alleged wage theft and delayed pay.
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Oakland is a major East Bay city on San Francisco Bay, with a container port, international airport and extensive rail and bus connections. Its neighborhoods range from waterfront industrial areas to residential districts in the Oakland Hills. The city's cultural life and regional employment networks are closely tied to the wider Bay Area. Housing costs, port-related pollution, public safety, wildfire exposure and transportation investment affect different Oakland communities in different ways.