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\n Lake County News Reports |
\n Aug. 1, 2026 <\/p>\n
On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California’s statewide minimum wage will increase to $17.40 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2027.<\/p>\n
The new rate will make California\u2019s minimum wage higher than any current statewide minimum wage in the nation and nearly two-and-a-half times the federal minimum wage.<\/p>\n
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009 \u2013 more than 17 years, the longest the federal minimum wage has gone without an increase since it was adopted in 1938.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During those 17 years inflation has dramatically raised the cost of living for working families, Newsom\u2019s office said.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor years, Donald Trump and Republicans have blocked efforts to raise the federal minimum wage while handing tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations. California has chosen a different path \u2014 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,\u201d said Newsom.<\/p>\n
The increase is automatic under California law, which adjusts the minimum wage annually to keep pace with inflation.<\/p>\n
When Newsom took office, California’s minimum wage was $12 an hour.<\/p>\n
Newsom\u2019s office said the wage increase is part of a broader agenda to make life more affordable for Californians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Lake County News Reports | Aug. 1, 2026 On Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced California’s statewide minimum…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-421603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}