Will Hernandez has been the director of the Valley Food Bank for 11 years. (Jessica Moulite/Neon Tommy)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti kicked the income inequality debate into hyperdrive earlier this week, after he announced his proposal to increase the minimum wage to $13.25 by 2017. The plan excited supporters at a Labor Day rally held at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in South L.A.

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“I am proud that we are launching the largest anti-poverty program in this city’s history, the biggest economic stimulus that we have seen to this town in years,” Garcetti said.

But the initiative isn’t without its critics. 

Will Hernandez, the longtime director of the Valley Food Bank in Pacoima, and Faith Trump, a takeout host at City Wok in Studio City, expressed some of their concerns with the measure:

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