This year all workers in California saw a minimum wage increase to $16 effective Jan. 1, but two different industries will soon be getting a higher raise.

Fast-food workers will see an increase to $20 an hour beginning in April, and health care workers will see varying increases effective June 1.

The wage increases are the result of two bills passed into law last year, Assembly Bill 1228 and Senate Bill 525.

Assembly Bill 1228, by Assemblymember Chris Holden, a Democrat whose district include

California voters will help decide the fate of the state’s mental health services in next week’s election.

Proposition 1, if approved, would address the California homeless population and those suffering with mental health and addiction issues by expanding services.

Mental health and addiction services would be expanded to also include housing and personalized support.

Currently these services are provided under two recently passed laws based on Senate Bill 326 and Assembly Bill 531.

Senate

University President Pardis Mahdavi discussed “Tripping through the Tropes of Trafficking,” as this year’s speaker for the 10th annual Frederick Douglass Human Rights Lecture Wednesday in Morgan Auditorium.

More than 100 community members attended the event designed to honor the legacy of the abolitionist with distinguished speakers who shine a light on human rights and social justice issues.

Human trafficking and human rights are among Mahdavi’s primary research interests.

The lecture began