One city now pays workers more than $20 an hour.

The minimum wage in California will increase again in the new year. Effective Jan. 1, 2026, minimum wage workers across the state will earn $16.90 an hour, up from the current rate of $16.50. This ...

The minimum wage in California will see a small boost in the new year. Effective Jan. 1, minimum wage workers will earn $16.50 instead of $16. The rates have been adjusted annually for inflation since ...

Several California cities will raise their minimum wages On July 1 that will exceed the state rate. Here are the new amounts.

A closely fought ballot initiative on the Nov. 5 ballot, bankrolled by a deep-pocketed anti-poverty crusader, would raise California’s state-wide minimum wage to $18 an hour. An extra $2 an hour is ...

California’s new $20-an-hour minimum wage law for fast food workers plunged visits to popular chains as restaurants like McDonald’s, Wendy’s and Burger King hiked prices to offset higher costs, ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. A ballot proposition to raise California’s minimum wage to ...

California has an affordability crisis, with millions of people struggling to get by as prices for housing, groceries, gasoline, utilities, child care and other necessities skyrocket. The challenges ...