Caregivers who attend to elderly and disabled people in their homes in Los Angeles County could get a wage boost under a proposal approved Tuesday by the county Board of Supervisors
.for over a year, arguing that L.A. County’s current rate of $16 an hour has made it difficult to scrape by amid rising costs for rent, gas and groceries. People with disabilities who rely on the program say low wages make it difficult to find and retain IHSS workers to help them remain in their homes.
That wage hike would come on top of a 50-cent increase in hourly pay required by the state, which will go into effect in January, according to the proposal. Hahn said Tuesday that the board shares that goal. “I think we are all very supportive of getting there — eventually — to $20,” Hahn told De La Cruz at the board meeting.
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