Gov. Brown announces ‘landmark’ deal to raise minimum wage [Video]

Accompanied by labor leaders and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses proposed legislation to increase the state's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. on March 28, 2016. If approved by the Legislature, California would be the first state to raise the minimum wage to $15. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli — Accompanied by labor leaders and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon, D-Los Angeles, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses proposed legislation to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2022, during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. on March 28, 2016. If approved by the Legislature, California would be the first state to raise the minimum wage to $15. AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

Gov. Jerry Brown joined fellow Democrats and labor leaders Monday in touting California’s proposal to gradually lift the minimum wage to $15 an hour as an answer to the growing challenge of income disparity.

“It’s a matter of economic justice, it makes sense, and will help our entire state do much better for its citizens,” the Democratic governor said.

Under the proposal, the state’s minimum wage would reach $15 an hour by January 2022, rising in increments starting with a boost from $10 to $10.50 on Jan 1, 2017. Businesses with 25 or fewer employees would have an extra year to comply, and the governor could delay annual increases in times of budgetary or economic downturns.

Wages would increase to keep up with inflation after 2023.

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[Source]: 89.3 KPCC