$15 Minimum Wage Qualifies for California’s November Ballot

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A proposal to raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 qualified Tuesday to appear on the statewide November ballot.

California’s current minimum wage is among the highest in the nation at $10 an hour. The measure backed by a faction of health care workers belonging to the state largest union would raise it by $1 each of the next five years. Read more.