A minimum wage boost for tourism workers in the city of Los Angeles is going into effect after the City Clerk announced Monday that a referendum to overturn it failed to gather enough valid signatures.
The news is the latest step in a saga that started when the L.A. City Council passed a $30 hourly pay increase for airport and hotel workers by 2028 earlier this year.
A group of business interests backed by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and a hotel group launched a referendum in response to bring the issue to the voters. That campaign temporarily halted the wage increase from going into effect…