Alameda County $30 minimum wage measure likely to go before voters this November

by Kiley Russell, Bay City News July 27, 2026July 24, 2026

Members of the One Fair Wage coalition gather outside of the Blackberry Bistro in Oakland on July 14, 2026. A proposed measure to require unincorporated Alameda County businesses to pay employees a $30 hourly minimum wage has received enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. (Eric Urbach/Bay City News)

A group advocating for a $30-an-hour minimum wage in Alameda County announced that the signatures it collected to place an initiative on the November ballot have been certified by county officials.

The Alameda County Registrar of Voters also confirmed Friday that the Alameda County Living Wage for All coalition has gathered enough valid signatures from registered voters to place the measure on the ballot.

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Kiley Russell, Bay City News

Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

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