A bill in the California Legislature would raise the minimum wage in the health sector

Eneryck Santana, a medical assistant at San Ysidro Medical Center in Chula Vista California, recently made the 10-mile move across the U.S./Mexico border to live in Tijuana. He and his partner, also a medical assistant, could no longer afford their high San Diego-area rent. Despite being applauded for their essential role and dedication during the COVID pandemic, many low-wage health care workers, like Santana, struggle to make ends meet. A recent UC Berkeley Labor Center study looks at what a proposal before the California State Legislature to raise the health care minimum wage to $25 an hour would mean for workers, patients, and industry.

To read the full report from the UC Berkeley Labor Center, click here.