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When my California town considered doing it fifteen years ago, the lawyer’s conclusion was that the city could only set wages for its own employees or dictate wages to those businesses it contracted with.

IIRC, Long Beach set a higher minimum wage for the workers at the hotels in the resort area of their city. I never thought they would get away with it, but I think they did.

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I think Santa Monica did something similar.. can’t recall what the rationale was.