How large does the award have to be for the LWO to be triggered?
$25,000. (BMC 2.28.020(b)(5).) If, say, Good Works Agency received $10,000 from CDBG and $15,000 from Jack Hopkins in one calendar year, and both of these grants are for the operation of social service agency programs, the agency would be covered by the LWO once the $25,000 threshold has been reached. Good Works Agency’s obligation to pay the living wage applies only to the second grant that triggered the applicability of the ordinance. Whether these two grants are in the same calendar year or not is determined by the date the contract is signed.
