On May 22, 2001, the Santa Monica City Council held first reading on an ordinance to establish a "living wage" of $10.50/hour applicable to certain...
In October 2000, Santa Cruz, California’s city council unanimously passed the nation’s highest local living wage ordinance. Upon enactment, all full-time city employees and full-time...
In February 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico enacted a minimum wage ordinance. Beginning January 1, 2004, the ordinance will require an $8.50 per hour minimum...
On August 21, 2000, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a"minimum compensation" law that requires city service contractors, including nonprofit agencies, and leaseholders at...
In January 1997, the St. Paul, Minnesota, city council unanimously passed a directive requiring recipients of $100,000 or more of city economic development assistance in...
Approved in March 1998, this ordinance (Ordinance No. 12050) requires companies or non-profits that enter into service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000...
In March 1997 the city council unanimously passed a living wage policy requiring businesses benefiting from $100,000 or more in city assistance in one year...
At the ballot box on November 3, 1998, Detroit voters overwhelmingly approved a living wage measure that requires city service contractors or recipients of city...
In July 2006 the Chicago City Council voted 35-14 to pass a new ordinance that requires large retailers to provide employees with a compensation package...
Colleges and Universities, especially the nation’s land grant universities are a perfect laboratory for policies that support locally-grown and/or organic food supplies. The University of...
This Iowa county has a two-pronged policy approach to encourage the production and use of locally grown organic food. First, there is a property tax...
Farmers’ markets are for farmers directly selling what they produce. However, as the markets have proliferated, some retailers have been allowed to set up their...
The Berkeley School District passed a food policy requiring school cafeterias to serve organic foods to its 9,500 students. The policy explicitly makes a commitment...
This statute, enacted in 2000, is not being enforced until legal challenges are completed.… Read More
The ordinance is modeled after the language of the constitutional amendments passed in Nebraska and South Dakota that ban corporate farms in those states. Similar...