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Progress is good, but we can always do better. California is exploring the option of increasing the state’s minimum wage to $18 per hour in the coming years. A Californian ballot, Proposition 32, is considering hiking the minimum wage to $17 per hour for the rest of 2024, along with a plan to bring it up further starting next year.
The California minimum wage law increased the minimum wage in the state to $16 per hour on January 1, 2024, and Healthcare Facility employees saw the same minimum rates extend to them on October 16, 2024. If the minimum wage