“Given the State of California’s recently adopted 25 percent increase in the minimum wage to $10.00 per hour by 2016, the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce supports federal efforts to equalize the national minimum wage in order to promote an equitable and competitive business environment, as well as help our nation’s workforce and create jobs. The proposal to create a separate minimum wage in the City of San Diego and significantly increase the rate well in excess of what has been adopted by the State of California not only puts San Diego at a competitive and economic disadvantage, it would also hurt the very workforce the proponents are purporting to help.”
-Jerry Sanders, President and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce