Oct. 7, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: This text shared that the minimal wage for residential development employees sought by six of town’s councilpersons is $32.35 (“The home construction industry is bleeding workers. Could paying them more help rebuild L.A.?,” Sept. 30). A employee employed 40 hours each week for the 52 weeks in a yr would make $5,607 per 30 days earlier than taxes.
Based on Apartments.com, the typical hire for a two-bedroom house in Los Angeles is $3,005 per 30 days, whereas the typical for a two-bedroom home is $4,496 per 30 days. These rents don’t go away a lot to dwell on for a development employee in our metropolis. But the president of the Valley Business and Commerce Assn. referred to as $32.35 “absolute madness.” What’s actually insane right here?
Mark Driskill, Lengthy Seashore
