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California minimum wage set to increase to $17.40 in 2027

by Robert Matteson • The Center Square Aug. 10, 2026, 10:00 a.m.Aug. 6, 2026, 1:46 p.m.

The minimum wage increases automatically each year under California Labor Code. The annual adjustment is made to keep pace with inflation.

The Learning Resource Center/Library at San Diego City College. (File photo by Thomas Murphy/Times of San Diego)

A new law holds colleges accountable if their grads don’t earn more than $36,000 a year

by Adam Echelman • CalMatters July 21, 2026, 12:00 p.m.July 18, 2026, 1:16 p.m.

Home care workers rally on Front Street in downtown San Diego to call for a raise in minimum wage to $15.

As new minimum wages take effect, California’s cities keep raising the bar

by Mark Kreidler • Capital & Main July 16, 2026, 7:00 a.m.July 13, 2026, 8:54 a.m.

A $28 minimum wage for California construction workers is dead — killed by construction workers

by Ben Christopher • CalMatters June 27, 2026, 2:00 p.m.June 25, 2026, 1:11 p.m.

San Diego-based Jack in the Box Inc. is famed for 24-hour service at many outlets. But with the pandemic, the fast-food chain's store at Lake Murray Boulevard and Dallas Drive in La Mesa isn't taking chances, reminding drivers that the drive-through window is open.

Despite apocalyptic warnings, California fast-food wage hike didn’t kill any jobs

by Mark Kreidler • Capital & Main April 14, 2026, 6:00 a.m.April 13, 2026, 1:16 p.m.

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California may try to claw back Medi-Cal care by using its minimum wage rules

by Mark Kreidler • Capital & Main Dec. 9, 2025, 7:00 a.m.Dec. 8, 2025, 3:28 p.m.

Two women preparing food in a commercial kitchen, one cutting tomatoes and the other working in the background.

No increase for California’s minimum wage: Voters reject Prop. 32

by Associated Press Nov. 20, 2024, 9:29 a.m.Nov. 20, 2024, 9:29 a.m.

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Politics, State/Region

Voters want to get tough on crime, but not on rent control or wages. Here’s how the state propositions are faring

by CalMatters Nov. 5, 2024, 9:48 p.m.May 4, 2026, 9:14 a.m.

A health care worker wearing a mask and gloves prepares an injection.

California health care workers get a pay bump under a new minimum wage law

by Sophie Austin • Associated Press Oct. 16, 2024, 10:53 a.m.May 7, 2026, 9:50 a.m.

People wearing red shirts and carrying signs march in a protest

Business, Local Government, Politics

Proposition 32: California’s minimum wage increase measure explained

by CalMatters Oct. 3, 2024, 8:00 a.m.May 7, 2026, 9:50 a.m.