The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to increase the minimum wage for workers at private hospitals to $25 an hour rather than sending the question to the November ballot for voters to decide, the Los Angeles Times reported. The wage requirement will cover several kinds of workers, including nurses, aides, housekeepers, guards, janitors and other employees who are not supervisors or managers. The measure will pertain to privately owned health facilities in the city, including acute-care hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, and clinics or skilled nursing facilities that are part of such hospitals.