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FROM ALL ACROSS NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA, THIS IS THE CBS 13
NEWS AT 10 PM.
26, 12, THE ASSEMBLY
AMENDMENTS ARE CONCURRED.
WITH THAT MILLIONS OF
CALIFORNIANS ARE ONE STEP
CLOSER TO GETTING A PAY RAISE.
STATE LAWMAKERS APPROVED A BILL
TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO
$15 AN HOUR BY 2022.
IT WILL BE THE HIGHEST
STATEWIDE MINIMUM WAGE.
I AM SAM SHANE.
AND I AM CHRISTINA JANES.
CALIFORNIA'S MINIMUM WAGE WILL
INCREASE TO $10.50 IN 2017 AND
$11 IN 2018.
WILL GO UP ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
UNTIL 2022.
THE GOVERNOR WILL SIGN ON
MONDAY AND TONIGHT WE ARE
ASKING HOW THE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE WILL IMPACT BUSINESSES
AND YOU, WE HAVE A CBS REPORTER
LIFE GETTING
ANSWERS.Reporter: THIS IS A
HIGHLY EMOTIONAL ISSUE AS YOU
SAW INSIDE THE SENATE AND THIS
CAN BE LIFE-CHANGING.
AS GOVERNOR.
BROWN GETS READY TO SIGN THE
REGISTER -- LEGISLATION, THE
IMPACTS ARE POWERFUL.
Reporter: THE DAY-TO-DAY
STRUGGLE IS NOW A RECENT
MEMORY.
IT WAS HARD OUT THERE.
Reporter: A SINGLE FATHER TO
A *** SON ALEXANDER AND
PROVIDING A LIFE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA ON MINIMUM WAGE WAS
TOUGH AND WHILE HE WAS
FORTUNATE TO FIND HIS WAY TO
THE DARK DAYS THROUGH BARBERING
HE IS HAPPY TO KNOW THAT OTHERS
COULD HAVE A CHANCE AT LIFE AS
WELL.
IT IS A GOOD THING AND IT
WILL HELP PEOPLE BE ABLE TO
KEEP UP WITH GAS PRICES AND
RENTS AND TAKING CARE OF
FAMILIES.
Reporter: OVER RICK STEINER
IN SACRAMENTO THE NEWS THAT
CALIFORNIA COULD HAVE THE
HIGHEST MINIMUM WAGE IN THE
NATION WAS PROMISING, SHE
ENJOYS HER JOB HERE BUT DOES
NOT WANT TO STRESS OVER EACH
PAYCHECK.
WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, I
JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT
PAYCHECK AND NOT WORRY ABOUT
HOW I HAVE TO MANAGE BEING A
FULL-TIME MOM AND
STUDENTS.Reporter: THE
STORIES ARE NOT ALL POSITIVE,
IN FACT, THERE HAS BEEN A BILL
AT THE CENTER OF CONTROVERSY
WITH LEADERS AND BUSINESS
OWNERS WHO SAY THAT THE WAGE
INCREASE KILLS JOBS GREAT
IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR A
LOT OF COMPANIES, WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT JUMPING FROM $10 TO 15,000
-- $15 YOUR TALKING ABOUT A
$12,000 INCREASE PER EMPLOYEE SO
10 EMPLOYEES AS $120,000 IN
REVENUE, WHERE DOES THE MONEY
COME FROM?Reporter: AS A
RESULT SOME BUSINESSES MAY BE
FORCED TO CLOSE DOORS OR REDUCE
HOURS OR LAY OFF WORKERS.
SOME ARE SIMPLY CONCERNED ON
THE EFFECT ON CONSUMER
GOODS.Reporter: AGAIN THE
MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE WILL BE
HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FEW
YEARS AND IT'S ESTIMATED TO
COST THE STATE ABOUT $3.6
BILLION IN HIGHER PAYMENTS FOR