Here in CA, the min wage is $16 per hour, and there is a state ballot measure
that would raise it to $17 beginning Jan 1, 2025, and $18 in 2026.
This is for EVERYONE. Not just those with "businesses of at least 20 employees" or whatever that number is this time. However, larger businesses would go to $18 almost immediately (Jan 1, 2025) while the rest would happen by 2026.
I believe it is called Prop 32.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/2024-california-propositions/proposition-32-minimum-wage-california/3653351/
By Ian Cull and Andrew Mendez •
Published September 16, 2024 •
Updated on September 16, 2024 at 12:33 pm
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If passed, nearly 2 million workers would stand to make an extra $3,000 annually, in theory, providing a significant boost to their livelihoods, according to Sanberg.
The proposal came after other minimum wage laws were changed in the state.
Last year, unions secured a $25 an hour rate for healthcare workers, and this year, fast-food workers saw a wage increase to $20 per hour. Some cities, like Berkeley and San Francisco, have already moved ahead of the state's $16 an hour minimum rate to pay more than $18 an hour.
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Obviously, I voted YES on it.