<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of <i>KTLA News</i> (Los Angeles) at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://ktla.com/2016/03/31/historic-minimum-wage-measure-passes-california-assembly/">http://ktla.com/2016/03/31/historic-minimum-wage-measure-passes-california-assembly/</a></div><div> </div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><h1 class="entry-title" style="margin: 14px 0px; font-family: 'Open Sans Condensed', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 56px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33); text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 55px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">California Legislature Approves Plan to Increase Minimum Wage to $15</h1><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“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.”</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 24px; line-height: 32px;"><em style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-minimum-wage-vote-20160331-story.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">Click here</a> to read the full story on <a href="http://latimes.com">LATimes.com</a>.</em></p></div><div>--------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></div></body></html>