By: Max Kutner
The outcome, which The Associated Press called Tuesday, marked the first failure of a statewide ballot measure to raise the minimum wage in almost 30 years, after voters in Montana and Missouri rejected such measures in 1996. California’s Proposition 32 would have increased the state hourly wage floor for larger employers to $17 immediately and $18 in January 2025, and raised the minimum for smaller employers to $17 in January 2025 and $18 a year later. The current hourly floor is $16.
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Leonard Sansanowicz
Leonard H. Sansanowicz is the principal attorney of Sansanowicz Law Group, P.C., whose practice is devoted to protecting the rights of California employees. He has spent his entire career prosecuting harassment, discrimination, defamation, whistleblower retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage and hour/wage theft claims, both individual and representative actions. His most rewarding and fulfilling work is obtaining justice for his clients.
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