Prop 32: California ballot measure aims to raise statewide minimum wage

This November, California voters will decide whether to gradually increase the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour.

Prop 32 is one of 10 statewide ballot proposition that will be left up to voters in the Nov. 5 election. Here's what to know about the measure that would increase the state's minimum wage from the current $16 per hour.

Businesses with 26 or more employees would need to raise wages to $17 an hour for the remainder of the year, and to $18 an hour on Jan. 1.

Businesses with 25 or fewer employees would be required to raise wages to $17 on Jan. 1, and $18 an hour on Jan. 1, 2026.


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