Michael Genest News Today

Solano County has the lowest wages and highest unemployment of any Bay Area county, according to a new study released by California Forever and authored by Michael Genest, former California Director of Finance. The report outlines Solano County’s economic paucity compared to the other eight counties of the Bay Area across multiple metrics, including household income, employment rates, high-wage jobs, Medi-Cal dependency and more. “Twenty years ago, average household income in Solano ...

Solano County has the lowest wages and highest unemployment of any Bay Area county, according to a new study released by California Forever and authored by…

Solano County has the lowest wages and highest unemployment of any Bay Area county, according to a new study released by California Forever and authored by Michael Genest, former California Director of Finance.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than

The governor’s latest budget asks the state legislature to add an annual trigger making the minimum wage increases contingent on state revenues.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California's phase-in of a nation-leading $25 minimum wage for health workers in the face of a projected $38 billion deficit, less than three months after he approved the measure.

In spite of labor concern about any rollback, Gov. Gavin Newsom is revisiting California’s planned $25 minimum wage for health workers less than three months after approving the measure despite an uncertain price tag. The projected $4 billion first-year cost forms part of the state’s estimated $38 billion deficit.

The governor’s latest budget asks the state legislature to add an annual trigger making the minimum wage increases contingent on state revenues.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that set a first-in-the-nation minimum wage for health care workers, three words in a bill analysis foretold potential concerns about

Governor Gavin Newsom approved a healthcare minimum wage that will cost $4 billion amid California budget deficit