California set to raise minimum wage to $10/hour

[tsai3904]

Governor Brown came out in support of AB 10 today, which means all it needs to do is pass the Democratic controlled Assembly and Senate. The bill would raise the minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour by 2016.

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg and Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez today announced their strong support for AB 10 by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), which will raise the minimum wage in California from $8.00 per hour to $10.00 per hour.

“The minimum wage has not kept pace with rising costs,” said Governor Brown. “This legislation is overdue and will help families that are struggling in this harsh economy.”

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AB 10 will raise California’s minimum wage in two one-dollar increments, from $8 per hour today to $9 per hour, effective July 1, 2014 and from $9 per hour to $10 per hour, effective January 1, 2016. More than 90 percent of minimum wage workers in California are over the age of 20, and 25 percent of California children – nearly 2.4 million – live in a household with one minimum wage-earning parent.

http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18199

It might be hopeless but it doesn't take much time to contact your state Assemblymember and Senator to oppose AB 10.

You can find your legislators' contact info here:
http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

 

[eduardo89]

Why not $25/hour?!

 

[Matthew5]

How can people survive on so little?? $33.33/hr would get them out of poverty and on to the middle class.

 

[jkr]

MAKE IT 100

 

[FindLiberty]

MAKE IT 100

THIS

 

[Matthew5]

MAKE IT 100

Better yet, let the workers get 100% of the business' income! Those evil fat cats have enough!

 

[Smart3]

In the big scheme of things, is $10 really an improvement over $8?

Should at least be $12, even from their own perspective.

 

[eduardo89]

In the big scheme of things, is $10 really an improvement over $8?

Should at least be $12, even from their own perspective.

8 hour workday -> Difference of $16 per day -> $80 per week -> about $320 per month -> about $3800 per year.

Yes, it is quite a big difference.

 

[RickyJ]

Why not $25/hour?!

The more you make the more taxes you pay, hence raising the minimum wage is like a tax increase for the poorest people. $10/hour is high, but not so high that it will cause the loss of too many jobs. I am not in favor of this, but raising it such a small amount in a state that already pays people close to or higher than $10/hour to start is not really going to make much difference. This law is symbolic more than anything, it is just stating the reality that currently exists in most of California.

 

[James Madison]

This doesn't start until 2016. It won't even keep up with the rate of inflation.

 

[torchbearer]

pikers

 

[eduardo89]

This doesn't start until 2016. It won't even keep up with the rate of inflation.

First increase to $9 is in 2014, then to $10 on January 1, 2016.

 

[green73]

This doesn't start until 2016. It won't even keep up with the rate of inflation.

What are you trying to say? That it will have no adverse effect on California's economy?

 

[James Madison]

What are you trying to say? That it will have no adverse effect on California's economy?

I'm saying that we have an inflation problem, not a wage problem. Raising the minimum wage just means more FRNs in circulation, which leads to even more inflation. Stop printing the money, reinstitute a gold standard, and the wages will correct themselves.

 

[tsai3904]

AB 10 passed the Senate and Assembly today. Governor Brown has said he will sign it so the minimum wage will be rising in the next couple years.

 

[presence]

I'm saying that we have an inflation problem, not a wage problem. Raising the minimum wage just means more FRNs in circulation, which leads to even more inflation. Stop printing the money, reinstitute a gold standard, and the wages will correct themselves.

like a debt clock, it would be interesting to see a California minimum wage clock

 

[Paulbot99]

Are they aware that it will lead to higher prices and fewer jobs?

 

[ctiger2]

Unemployment should spike.

 

[tsai3904]

Signed into law today.

GOVERNOR BROWN SIGNS BILL TO INCREASE MINIMUM WAGE IN CALIFORNIA

9-25-2013

OAKLAND – Acting to help California’s working families, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed AB 10 by Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas), which will raise the minimum wage in California from $8.00 per hour to $10.00 per hour.

"It’s a special day to stand with workers who are laboring for all of us and laboring at a very low wage. Turning that wage into a $10 an hour wage is a wonderful thing," said Governor Brown prior to signing AB 10 in Los Angeles. "It’s my goal and it’s my moral responsibility to do what I can to make our society more harmonious, to make our social fabric tighter and closer and to work toward a solidarity that every day appears to become more distant."

AB 10 will raise California’s minimum wage in two one-dollar increments, from $8 per hour today to $9 per hour, effective July 1, 2014 and from $9 per hour to $10 per hour, effective January 1, 2016.

Governor Brown worked diligently with the bill’s author and legislative leaders over the past month to secure passage of AB 10. He was joined at today’s bill signing ceremonies in Los Angeles and Oakland by Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez, Assemblymember Luis Alejo and dozens of workers.

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http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18224

 

[Keith and stuff]

It's funny. The states with the highest median household income are not all of the same same states with a min. wage above the federal level. A lot of lawmakers in places like OR and CA are either just completely clueless when it comes to economics, or do it because it is popular or perhaps both. This is bad policy. Why do CA and OR have some many unemployed and poor people? This might be part of the problem...

It looks like there are only 6 states without a min. wage for most workers. Of course, what happens currently in all states, if there is none or the state level is below the federal level, the federal level is used. Basically, for an area government, whatever the higher amount (federal, state or local), that's what is used. http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/labor/state-minimum-wage-chart.aspx
AL
LA
MS
NH
SC
TN