New California law raises minimum wage to $25 for health care workers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Newsom's signing of the law means medical technicians, nursing assistants, custodians and other support staff will see a gradual wage hike that rolls out starting next year.
51% : He got behind the law on the same day that unions representing lower-paid Kaiser Permanente employees announced a new contract with a $25 minimum wage for the health care giant's California workers.
51% : Health care employers got behind the plan to raise the minimum wage for their industry, and unions agreed to a 10-year moratorium on sponsoring local ballot measures to force pay raises at hospitals and other medical facilities.
51% : Other health care employers would increase their minimum wage to $21 per hour in 2024, $23 in 2026 and $25 by 2028.
49% : "Today California is putting a stop to the hemorrhaging of our care workforce by ensuring health care workers can do the work they love and pay their bills -- a huge win for workers and patients seeking care," said Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California.
48% : Hospitals with a high mix of Medi-Cal and Medicare patients, as well as rural independent hospitals, would have to pay workers $18 an hour in 2024.
46% : State agencies did not weigh in on the bill.
45% : What earlier this year seemed like a long shot is now a done deal: Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a law that will raise the pay for hundreds of thousands of California health care workers and set them on a path to a $25 minimum wage.
44% : Minimum wage hikes through 2033 How soon workers reach this level of pay will depend on the type of facility they work in.

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