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Minimum wages set to increase in 2027: $17.40 an hour 63%
By KTVU Staff9%
7/31/2026, 2:34:57 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Ad Hominem, and Unattributed Quote, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 34 hits. Analysis detected 349 faulty-reasoning hits from 202 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 51.9% and a BS Rank of 63% (9,665 of 26,005 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 62.80% of the article peer group.
California’s minimum wage workers will, in January of next year, get a 50-cent raise, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday.
The increase will make California’s minimum wage — currently $16.90 — the highest in the nation, and nearly 2.5 times higher than the federal minimum wage, which has been frozen at $7.25 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 in a press release.
"California has chosen a different path — one that rewards work, grows the economy, and puts working families first.
We believe if you work hard, you deserve a decent paycheck.
They think $7.25 an hour is enough.
We don’t."
Newsom has increased the minimum wage multiple times since he first took office in 2019, when California's minimum wage was $12.
During his time in office, fast food workers and health care workers have also seen their wages go up to $20 and $25 an hour respectively.
The minimum wage increase is automatic under California law, which adjusts the statewide minimum wage each year to keep pace with inflation.
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