Tacoma council sends minimum wage initiative to voters, but misses deadline for November election

TACOMA, Wash. — Tacoma’s City Council voted to send a minimum wage initiative to voters — but it’s not clear when or if voters will see it on a ballot.

The proposal, known as Initiative 2, calls for raising Tacoma’s minimum wage to $20 per hour in a phased-in approach, up from the current minimum wage of $16.66.

In a special meeting on Friday, the City Council declined to adopt Initiative 2 as written, instead opting to send it to the auditor’s office for placement on the ballot in November.

The only problem: the City Council missed the deadline to get it on the ballot. That deadline was Tuesday.





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