The Board of Education expected to vote tonight to meet the local minimum wage in the coming years. Read more: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfusd-looks-to-meet-citys-minimum-wage/Content?oid=2871584

Response to some of the backlash thrown by restaurants who are against the minimum wage increase in San Francisco. Read more: http://www.sfbg.com/2014/08/05/arguments-against-minimum-wage-increase-are-out-touch

President Obama delivers remarks before signing the Fair Pay and Safe Workplace Executive Order in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium. Read more: http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2014/07/31/president-signs-fair-pay-and-safe-workplace-executive-order

Overview of the efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 in the bay area. Read more: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118907/bay-area-minimum-wage-can-northern-california-pay-15hour

Oakland’s City Council rejects the proposal to raise minimum wage to $12.25. Read more: http://www.insidebayarea.com/my-town/ci_26244449/oakland-rejects-business-backed-minimum-wage-hike

California State Senate voted 21-12 to raise the state’s minimum wage to at least $13 per hour by 2017. The bill would also require the minimum wage to be automatically adjusted for inflation annually beginning in 2018. Read more: http://www.california-partnership.org/2014/05/29/california-state-senate-passes-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-13-per-hour/