California Senate passes $13 minimum wage bill

[politicallefty]

I'm surprised no one mentioned this from over two weeks ago:

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It passed with a very slim majority, so this is far from a sure thing for becoming law. However, the California State Assembly currently has a Democratic Supermajority of 55-24. As I understand it, laws in California require an absolute majority vote for passage, which would mean 41 votes in the Assembly. I don't think Governor Brown has commented on the bill, but I can't see any gain for him by vetoing it.

[politicallefty]

This doesn't seem to be getting much attention. Perhaps it's expected to fail. It seems there's a lot of activity at the local level for minimum wages in California, but none of them are over $13 an hour.

The lack of coverage does seem to be cause for some concern, but we'll see. I think San Francisco will be voting on $15 this November and there's a proposal to put $13.09 on the ballot in San Diego.