California Approves Minimum Wage Rise to $15

Photo Credit: Getty Images A historic moment in California State history will take place Monday, when Gov. Jerry Brown will sign the new minimum wage measure into law. The new measure would raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour over the next six years. 1, 2017, then $11 the following year, and would increase $1 annually until 2022. - voted against the increase, raising concerns about the automatic cost-of-living increases that would raise the wage higher that $15 an hour by 2024.