The bill to raise California’s minimum wage passed a legislative hurdle Wednesday.
The bill to increase California’s minimum wage was approved by a 3-1 vote after a hearing in front of the Senate’s Labor and Industrial Relations Committee today, according to a spokesperson by the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Luis Alejo.
The bill, which would raise California’s minimum wage to $10 per hour in multiple steps during a four-year period, now will be considered by the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The bill was amended earlier this month, and the clause that would have indexed minimum wage increases that occurred after 2016 to the cost of living was dropped.
In a statement released today, Alejo, D-Salinas, said that was done to help businesses. A company looking to budget for a year’s worth of payroll would probably be worried about that the actual costs are. This, Alejo said, removes some of the uncertainties — there’s that word again — out of the process.
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