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MINIMUM WAGE.
GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN SIGNED A
LAW THAT WILL EVENTUALLY RAISE
CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE TO $15
AN HOUR.
THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE IS AT
$7.25 AND HAS BEEN SINCE 2009.
>> THAT IS LESS THAN $15,000 A
YEAR.
REPORTER: KAMALA HARRIS SAYS
ELECTED, SHE WILL SUPPORT
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.
>> WE HAVE GOT TO LIFT UP
COUNTRY.
REPORTER HARRIS SUPPORTS A $15
AN HOUR NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE
AND WOULD TIE FUTURE RAISES TO
THE RATE OF INFLATION.
>> I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT THE
MINIMUM WAGE SHOULD REPRESENT A
MINIMUM STANDARD OF LIVING.
A MINIMUM STANDARD OF DIGNITY.
$7.25 AN HOUR DOES NOT EVEN RISE
TO THE MINIMUM STANDARD.
, BUT
I HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE KEY
BACK TO THE NATIONAL STAGE.
UNS SUPPORTS
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
THE LAWS ARE BEING PUT
TOGETHER EXTENSIVELY.
REPORTER: A RAISED TO $12 AN
HOUR WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE
AMERICANS TO APPLY FOR JOBS
IMMIGRANTS.
>> ONCE THOSE JOBS ARE FILLED BY
PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA, THERE WILL
IMMIGRANTS.
I THINK IT IS AN APPROPRIATE
VEHICLE.
SONHEIM SAYS IT
IS A VEHICLE BEST LEFT TO LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS TO DRIVE.
>> THE MORE LOCAL IT IS, THE
MORE EFFECTIVE IT IS.
$15 AN HOUR MAY MAKE SENSE IN
LOS ANGELES.
IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE IN
BAKERSFIELD.
REPORTER: HE WOULD TIE FUTURE
INFLATION.
>> BEHIND HISTORIC
WOULD RAISE IT TO WHAT HAS
HISTORICALLY BEEN THE MINIMUM
WAGE.
THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
>> JOBS ARE LIKE ANYTHING ELSE.
THE MORE THEY COST, THE LESS YOU
GET.
REPORTER: T DELOCORO OPPOSES
RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.
WHEN SEATTLE RAISED IT, THEY
HAD A RECORD DROP IN EMPLOYMENT.
MISTAKE.
REPORTER: HE SAYS RAISING THE
MINIMUM WAGE FORCES EMPLOYERS TO
S,
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS LIKE THE
CENTRAL VALLEY.
>> INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE
WAGES RISE BECAUSE EMPLOYERS ARE