California Health-Care Minimum Wage Bump Faces Fiscal Shortfall

Health-care facilities across California are preparing for a new minimum wage covering the industry to take effect June 1 even as the governor has signaled there could be changes to the law in the face of a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has said his administration is seeking changes to the measure to address its cost, which is estimated to be about $2 billion for California’s general fund in the next fiscal year. More details may come in May when he updates his proposed budget and plans to further curb a deficit last estimated by legislative aides in ...