Los Angeles Moves Closer to Raising Minimum Wage to $15

Officials voted to make Los Angeles the biggest city in the nation to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour

David Lazo, 5, center, with his father Francisco, right, raises a dollar bill as workers await the Los Angeles City Council's vote to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour by 2020 in Los Angeles Wednesday, June 3, 2015. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

LOS ANGELES—Officials voted to make Los Angeles the biggest city in the nation to gradually raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, but a second vote is required for final approval because the tally was not unanimous.

Nonetheless, City Council President Herb Wesson stressed to the cheering crowd that the outcome was all but certain. He told his colleagues before the 13-1 vote Wednesday that it may be the most important one of their political careers.

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