City Council

(28)\n26-0424\nRULES, ELECTIONS, AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS\nCOMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to establishing the\nCity’s position on a proposed federal government policy to lower wage\nstandards for H-2A workers by categorizing 92 percent of farmworkers\nas “unskilled.”\nRecommendation for Council action, as initiated by Resolution\n(Rodriguez – Padilla), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE\nMAYOR:\nRESOLVE to include in the City’s 2025-26 Federal Legislative\nProgram OPPOSITION of the U.S. Department of Labor’s interim\nfinal rule to reduce minimum wage rates paid to temporary and\nseasonal agricultural workers on the H-2A visa program.\nFiscal Impact Statement: None reported by the Chief Legislative\nAnalyst. The City Administrative Officer has not completed a financial\nanalysis of this report.