$10 Minimum Wage In California Has Gov. Jerry Brown Support

California Gov. Jerry Brown says he will he’ll back legislation for a $10 minimum wage increase in the state. The current minimum rate is $8 an hour.

Minimum wage workers in California would earn $10 an hour by 2016 under a bill passed by the legislature on Thursday, making the state likely to become the first in the nation to commit to such a high rate.

The bill, which Governor Jerry Brown said he will sign, would increase the minimum wage for hourly workers in the most populous U.S. state from the current rate of $8 an hour to $9 in July 2014, and to $10 by January 2016.

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