Alameda County Living Wage for All Coalition calls on board to do its job: Put $30 on the next county ballot

Coalition holds press event to comment on county report in advance of Board of Supervisors’ vote on placing the Living Wage for All Initiative on the county ballot

OAKLAND, CA, Sept. 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This Tuesday, September 15, at 2:00 p.m., labor leaders, community organizers, and directly impacted workers will gather at the Alameda County Administration Building to comment on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors’ recently commissioned economic report on the proposed ballot measure to raise the county minimum wage to $30 an hour. The report largely cites community-conducted research, causing a reckless and unnecessary delay for workers. Now, the Board of Supervisors has no choice but to put the measure on the next County ballot. 
WHEN: Tuesday, September 15 | 2:00 PM PST
WHERE: Alameda County Administration Building, 1221 Oak St #536, Oakland, CA 94612
VISUALS: Union leaders, community organizations, frontline workers of color, and community members from across the county will be in attendance to show their support for the measures. 

INTERVIEW AVAILABILITY: Spokespeople from BOP, OFW, UAW, and partner organizations will be available for interviews onsite. 

About the measure 

Families are facing astronomical rents, rising food costs, record transit expenses, and some of the highest child care costs in the nation. While large corporations that have a presence in Alameda County post record profits, too many working-class people of color in Alameda County are still working multiple jobs to survive. Our caretakers, grocery workers, and frontline workers are living paycheck to paycheck under the nation’s highest cost of living. 
Alameda County-specific polling by Lake Research Partners and national polling underscore what we already know to be true as working-class organizers and community members: the affordability crisis is a major issue in our country. Across party lines and geographies, over 70% of Alameda County voters believe one full-time job should be enough to live on, and a majority support raising the minimum wage to a true living wage of $30 an hour for all workers, with no exceptions.

The press event will feature union leaders, frontline workers, small business owners, and grassroots campaign organizers speaking to the urgency of the affordability crisis and why a $30 living wage is essential for the county.

The Black Organizing Project is a multi-generational, member-led organization. Founded in 2009, we build power with Black parents and caretakers, educators, and working-class families in Oakland and the Bay Area. Through our grassroots organizing campaigns and member leadership development, we are building an Oakland in which Black people can thrive with full self-determination over our lives, our schools, our labor, and our neighborhoods. 

Keala Uchoa
Black Organizing Project
510.697.6821
keala@blackorganizingproject.org