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$15 minimum wage passes in California; Gov. Brown plans to sign | 31 March 2016 | In votes that drew cheers from low-wage workers inside and outside the state Capitol on Thursday, Democrats swiftly pushed a bill through the Legislature to raise the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Almost immediately, Gov. Jerry Brown announced he would sign it at a ceremony Monday in Los Angeles. The bill, SB3 by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, drew opposition from Republicans – not one of whom voted for it in the Senate or Assembly – and business-group leaders who said it will force job cuts and higher prices for consumers.