articleThe Brief Governor Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that California's minimum wage will, in 2027, increase to $17.40 an hour. Newsom has increased the minimum wage several times, including raising fast food workers' wages to $20, and healthcare workers' wages to $25. California’s minimum wage workers will, in January of next year, get a 50-cent raise, Governor Gavin Newsom announced on Friday. The backstory:Newsom has increased the minimum wage multiple times since he first took office in 2019, when California’s minimum wage was $12. The minimum wage increase is automatic under California law, which adjusts the statewide minimum wage each year to keep pace with inflation.