Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed to raise the minimum wage on Labor Day from $9 to $10.25 in 2015 and to $13.25 by 2017. However, the hike might hardly be considered as sufficient for minimum wage workers from District 12.

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Council member Mitchell Englander who represent District 12 didn’t show up at the rally in South Los Angeles. Several members of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) came from San Fernando Valley to support the mayor for his new proposal. While taking the minimum wage hike as a progress, an organizer from CHIRLA said the city is actually far behind. 

University students who work on minimum wage in Northridge said they had no clue that there was an increase. They didn’t think the raise was going to make much of a difference. “Since we are making more, price and everything is going to go up,” said Francis Caparros, a worker at ice cream shop Baskin Robbins.

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Council District 12 occupies the Northwest San Fernando Valley, including Chatsworth, Granada Hills, North Hills, Northridge, Porter Ranch, Reseda and West Hills.

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