California Governor Newsom signs law to slowly raise health care workers’ minimum wage to $25 per hour

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that will raise the minimum wage for health care workers to $25 per hour over the next decade. This follows a previous law signed by Newsom that raised the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour. The increase in wages for health care workers is the result of lobbying by labor unions, who have significant influence in the state’s Democratic-dominated Legislature.