Jerry Brown signs $15 minimum wage in California

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Sacramento Bee:

Gov. Jerry Brown, casting a living wage as a moral imperative while questioning its economic rationale, signed legislation Monday raising California’s mandatory minimum to $15 an hour by 2022, acting within hours of a similar bill signing in New York.

 

The bill’s enactment comes one week after Brown, Democratic lawmakers and labor leaders announced an agreement on the wage increase, averting a brawl on the November ballot.

 

In adopting the measure, California joined New York as the first states in the nation to enact a plan to raise their statewide minimums to $15. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed his state’s legislation and was cheered by labor unions at a rally moments before Brown spoke in California.

 

Brown, a fiscal moderate, had previously expressed reservations about a wage increase. But amid growing concern about income inequality in California and the national thrust of the labor-backed “Fight for 15” campaign, his hand was forced. Public opinion polls showed strong support for increasing the state’s mandatory minimum beyond its current $10.

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A "fiscal moderate" who believes in raising the wage for morality's sake...we'll see how well this works out.

[Draggingtree]

California: Where Economic Justice Trumps Economic Reason

Posted by Leslie Eastman April 5, 2016 at 10:00am

Brown admits, “Economically, minimum wages may not make sense.” Then signs law!

 

About a week ago, I noted that California lawmakers and public employee unions cut a deal to avoid a ballot battle over a $15/hour minimum wage within the state.

Now, Governor Jerry Brown officially signed it into law:

http://legalinsurrection.com/2016/04/california-where-economic-justice-trumps-economic-reason/