LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors advanced a proposal Dec. 6 to boost wages over a two-year period for in-home supportive service workers, who have staged regular rallies over the past year outside board meetings pushing for salary increases.
For months, in-home supportive service workers represented by the Service Employees International Union, have asked the board to raise the salaries of some 196,000 workers who provide care for about 246,000 seniors and people with disabilities from $16 an hour to $20 an hour.
Under a motion authored by Supervisors Holly Mitchell and Janice Hahn and approved by the board Tuesday, wages would increase by $1 an hour over the next two years—75 cents this year and 25 cents next year. The workers are already set to receive a separate 50-cents-per-hour raise in January thanks to a state wage hike.
The county wage increase, however, would be contingent on a cost-sharing agreement with the state Department of Social Services. It would also be subject to annual reviews by the county’s CEO to ensure the county has adequate, stable, and timely revenue sources to support such wage increases.
