joining us now to discuss this is the mayor of halfmoon bay, deborah penrose. rose. and, deborah, thanks for coming on today. you're welcome. >> so happy to be here. well this is different. >> i mean, it is a first, i think. but halfmoon bay is current minimum wage, i think is already 1645 and it goes up in january to 17. right. so it's on the high side, but this proposal is for $20 an hour. >> that's right. in fact, it was back in 2020 that we increased our living wage ahead of most of the other cities in the county. we are now asking for $20 an hour. so where are we at this proposal? >> what is required? what are the steps before it takes effect and when would it take effect? >> well, it will take effect sometime in early 2024. we to have the ordinance written by staff. the council decided to go for it. the ordinance needs to be written and then we need to have a public hearings. and that's a two step process where do you expect that to be completed? oh, probably no later than march. and that would be for businesses that have more than 25 employees is in 2024 and 2