California Assembly to vote on two-stage minimum wage increase
By Daily Bruin
Sept. 12, 2013 6:02 p.m.
The California Legislature will vote to raise the state’s minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour, according to the Associated Press.
The Senate approved the bill – Assembly Bill 10 – earlier today, and the bill is expected to officially pass the California Assembly in a vote later today.
Gov. Jerry Brown has endorsed the bill, which is a rare move by the governor. The governor must sign the bill after it passes the assembly for it to go into effect.
The bill’s text states that the California Legislature will raise the minimum wage to $9 by July 1, 2014, and subsequently to $10 by Jan. 1, 2016.
Once the law takes effect, California will have the highest minimum wage in the nation, surpassing Washington State, which currently has sets the minimum wage at $9.19 an hour, according to the AP.
Compiled by Katherine Hafner, Bruin senior staff.
