Supervisors Susan Gorin and James Gore comprised the Ad Hoc committee that spent much of the past several months studying and discussion the Living Wage Ordinance with a host of stakeholders. It was time well spent, says Gorin.

The revised measure is improved, and represents a step forward, acknowledges Marty Bennet, a lead organizer for North Bay Jobs With Justice. But he points out that other local governments in California have done more.