A plan to raise California's minimum wage to $15 passed its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, clearing a key committee and putting the state on track to become the first in the nation to commit to such a large raise for the working poor.
If passed by the full state legislature, the plan by Democratic Governor Jerry Brown would commit the state, home to one of the world's biggest economies, to raising the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour from the current $ 10 by 2022 for large businesses and 2023 for smaller firms.
Wednesday's approval by the Assembly Appropriations committee, where a similar bill stalled last year amid opposition from Brown and moderate Democrats, signals its possible success before the full Assembly, as early as this week.
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