SF supervisors approve $5 per hour hazard pay for grocery, drug store workers Bay City News Service FacebookTwitterEmail The San Francisco supervisors voted on Tuesday to approve an emergency ordinance to raise wages by $5 per hour for some grocery and retail workers as the COVID-19 pandemic endures.Diane Macdonald/Moment Editorial/Getty Images SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) San Francisco supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved an emergency ordinance to temporarily raise wages by $5 per hour for some grocery and retail workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Board of Supervisors President Shamann Walton, the emergency ordinance calling for the additional hazard pay is urgently needed to further support the city's essential workers, who are at higher risk of contracting the virus as they can't work from home and often work indoors and serve a variety of customers on a daily basis.