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Proposition 32 will ask California voters if the statewide minimum wage should be increased to $18 an hour. The current minimum wage in California is $16 an hour and adjusts for inflation.
In 2016, California became the first state to pass a $15 hourly minimum wage under a law signed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown, also a Democrat. About 40 cities and counties already have minimum wages ...
A worker stocks grocery items at Northgate Market in Los Angeles. California voters have rejected a ballot measure that would have raised the state's hourly minimum wage to $18 from $16.
California's ballot measure, Proposition 32, would raise the state’s current minimum wage of $16 to $17 for the remainder of 2024 for employers with at least 26 employees, increasing to $18 per hour starting in January 2025. Without it, the state's minimum wage is set to increase to $16.50 per hour next year.
Now, pointing to the state’s affordability issues, proponents of Proposition 32 would have you believe raising the minimum wage from $16 to $18 per hour offers a solution for entry-level workers ...
One of these employers offers nearly $29 an hour.
In California, the state minimum wage as of January 1, 2024 was $16 per hour. [6] [note 1] As of July 2024, California had the highest minimum wage of any state and was the highest in the country except for some part of New York (which also have a $16/hour minimum wage) and the District of Columbia (which has a minimum wage of $17.50/hour). [9]
Are California voters, normally progressive on labor issues, about to turn down an $18 minimum wage increase? California Proposition 32’s wage hike threatened by a quiet campaign and economic ...