LA raises minimum wage to $15 an hour.

[DesertFlower]

http://www.wsj.com/articles/los-angeles-prepares-to-boost-minimum-wage-1433955616

[lovemydog]

1. Hooray for L.A.

Hooray for everyone who keeps fighting for working people!

[GummyBearz]

2. In 2020

Until then 2+ jobs and sharing small apartments is still standard

[DesertFlower]

4. it's only $7.25 now. here in arizona

it's $8.05 and the cost of living in arizona is not as high as LA. i really don't know how people live. a young man i know who works in a supermarket shares a studio apartment with a friend. he's 23 years old.

my friends in NYC have a 1 bedroom apartment. they put a wall up to make part of the living room into another bedroom because their 30 year old son still lives with them. he can't make enough to go out on his own. they pay $3300 a month and that's a bargain in NYC.

[xfundy]

3. Good news.

Most things that begin in the west move over the rest of the country eventually.

[sl8]

5. Per year:

Current: $9.00
2016: $10.50
2017: $12.00
2018: $13.25
2019: $14.25
2020: $15.00


http://www.cbsnews.com/news/los-angeles-moves-a-step-closer-to-15-minimum-wage/