The Berkeley poll cosponsored by The Times found Proposition 32 for a higher minimum wage could be a toss-up, while Proposition 36 to crack down on crime has overwhelming support
Just under half of California voters support Proposition 32, the measure to increase California's minimum wage to $18 an hour, a warning sign about its fate in next week's election, according to new polling results released Friday. Forty-seven percent of likely voters and those who have already cast ballots backed the measure, according to a survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies co-sponsored by The Times.
The current minimum wage pencils out to about $33,000 a year, and the average cost of living is about $53,082 a year, according to recent federal data. While the measure lacks a majority of support just days before Tuesday's election, the percentage of supporters increased by 10% since a similar poll last month. The fate of the initiative will probably depend on who votes in the final hour, DiCamillo said.
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