California’s $25 Minimum Wage for Some Health Care Workers Might Be Delayed

A Senate bill would push the starting date into next fiscal year to help reduce this year’s budget deficit.

Maria Elena Durazo speaks onstage at the 2019 Women's March in Los Angeles on Jan. 19, 2019. Araya Diaz/Getty Images for Women's March Los Angeles

A law approved last year to raise minimum wages for some health care workers to $25 an hour is now in question, with new legislation aimed at delaying its implementation.

Senate Bill 828, introduced by state Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, would move back the start date of the increased wages to July 1 from June 1, thus pushing the effects on the state’s finances to next fiscal year.