THANK YOU! Gov. Jerry Brown for signing into law a bill that will raise California’s minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2016! This wage hike in California will go into effect in two phases: The current minimum of $8 an hour will be lifted to $9 as of July 1, 2014, and then to $10 on Jan. 1, 2016.“Our society over the last 30 years … has experienced ...