[Vision2020] Good news for Art History majors . . .

[Kenneth Marcy]

With respect to financial equity and social justice, this is a good move 
for most people.

However, let us not forget that the largest agricultural producer in 
America is California.

Let's say an agriculture worker gets $18,000 per year or $9.00 per 
hour.  Over the next six years, that goes up to $15.00 per hour, or 
$30,000 per year.  What will be the result?

The result will be higher food prices for all that wonderful diversity 
that is shipped northward and eastward to us.

Perhaps we will find that our own annual Farmers' Market will become 
even more interesting than it is already.

Food inflation -- soon to arrive at a shopping list near you.


Ken


On 4/1/2016 5:49 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:
> Courtesy of /KTLA News/ (Los Angeles) at:
>
> http://ktla.com/2016/03/31/historic-minimum-wage-measure-passes-california-assembly/
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>   California Legislature Approves Plan to Increase Minimum Wage to $15
>
> In a move that puts the state at the forefront of efforts to raise 
> wages for low-income workers across the country, state lawmakers 
> approved a sweeping plan Thursday to raise the minimum wage to $15 an 
> hour over the next six years, a move that will boost the paychecks of 
> millions of workers in California.
>
> The Senate voted 26-12 — with loud cheers of “Si se puede” from the 
> gallery above — to give final approval and send the measure to Gov. 
> Jerry Brown’s desk less than one week after the legislative compromise 
> was reached on the matter. Brown will sign the wage hike into law in 
> Los Angeles on Monday.
>
> “At its core, this proposal is about fairness,” Senate President Pro 
> Tem Kevin de León said just before the vote. “This is historic, and 
> today I am proud to be a Californian.”
>
> The plan passed the state Assembly earlier in the day 48-26, receiving 
> broad support from Democratic lawmakers who called the compromise 
> effort an important step forward for California. No 
> Assembly Republicans voted in favor of the increase. Opponents 
> complained it was rushed and did not include a wide group at the 
> negotiating table.
>
> /Click here 
> <http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-minimum-wage-vote-20160331-story.html> to 
> read the full story on LATimes.com <http://latimes.com>./
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