Petition Filed Against LA City Minimum Wage Hike for Health Care Workers

Clinicians care for COVID-19 patients in the improvised COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on July 30, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images

LOS ANGELES—A recently approved ordinance raising the minimum wage of some health care workers in the city to $25 per hour was temporarily suspended from taking effect Aug. 11 by the city clerk’s office after a referendum petition challenging the ordinance was filed.

Mayor Eric Garcetti signed the ordinance into law in July after it was adopted by the city council.