The statement minimum rage reaches 15 by 2022. Elissa . Good morning, thousands of bay area workers are getting a raise. Some will meet the 15 minimum wage, and make a requirement for the deadline including emeryville where i am. It is actually on pace to go above the prosecute of the country with the minimum wage requirements. Today, the Small Businesses must pay employees 13 an hour and larger businesses 14. 82 and the wage will go up baste on cost of living increase with Small Businesses required to pay a dollar more a year through 2019. It will pay 16 an hour in 2019. The minimum wage is a huge issue through the bay area with residentses and home prices skyrocketing. We have seen low wage workers unable to make ends meets. Employers are concerned about being con in San Francisco, minimum wage is up to 13. In the south bay it is 11. And in the silicon valley, the City Association of Santa Clara County voted in favor of boosting minimum wage to 15 an hour around the region by 2019, a