Newsom boasts of Californias upcoming minimum wage increase, criticizes Trump for ignoring workers

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Set us as preferred California’s statewide minimum wage is set to rise next year.Starting on Jan.1, 2027, the statewide minimum wage will rise to $17.40 an hour, an increase Gov.

Gavin Newsom boasted about on Friday.Newsom — who has been eyeing a 2028 presidential run — said in a statement that California’s fiscal policies helped turn the state into “one of the strongest economies in the world” while the Trump administration and the Republican-led Congress fail to address “everyday cost pressures for working families.” The federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 per hour since 2009.“For years, Donald Trump and Republicans have blocked efforts to raise the federal minimum wage while handing tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations,” Newsom said.“California has chosen a different path — one that rewards work, grows the economy, and puts working families first.”Not everyone agreed.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton took to social media on Friday to decry the minimum wage increase as an “attack on workers” that will “crush small businesses.”The current minimum wage in California for all employers is $16.90 an hour, though some workers must be paid more to comply with city and county rules and other state laws.California’s minimum wage automatically increases each year to keep pace with inflation.The current system was established in 2016, when then-Gov.

Jerry Brown signed into law a first-in-the-nation plan to gradually boost the state’s hourly minimum wage to $15 an hour, then adjust the wage annually based on inflation starting in 2024.“This is about economic justice, it’s about people,” Brown said during the bill signing.The specific amount of the minimum wage increase is tied to inflation — as measured by the federal consumer price index — and capped at ...