KPCC staff & wire|The governor outlines an agreement he has reached with labor unions to boost the state's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour by 2022. The increase would give California the highest statewide minimum wage.
California legislators and labor unions have reached a tentative agreement that will take the state's minimum wage from $10 to $15 an hour, a state senator said, a move that would make for the largest statewide minimum in the nation by far.
Now that a ballot measure to raise California's minimum wage to $15 is eligible for the statewide ballot, business leaders are looking to the Legislature to intervene.
California voters will likely decide in November whether to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour. Business groups are teaming up to fight the measure.
California's minimum wage is set to rise to $10 from $9 an hour on Jan. 1, but in Los Angeles County, that’s only the beginning of more increases — and debates.
