California's Nation-Leading Minimum Wage Hike Is the Latest for Birthday Boy Jerry Brown

Governor Jerry Brown avoided his characteristic quipsmanship as he signed California's nation-leading minimum wage hike into law on Monday morning in downtown LA. "Morally and socially and politically," he noted soberly, "the minimum wage make every sense because it binds the community together and makes sure that parents can take care of their kids in a much more satisfactory way."

"This is about economic justice," Brown declared. "It's about people. It's about creating a little, tiny amount of balance in a system that every day becomes more unbalanced." Brown, who turns 78 on April 7th, has a 60 percent job approval rating in the latest polling.

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