Californians, who have historically supported efforts to raise the minimum wage, were not swayed this time around.After two weeks of postelection uncertainty, Proposition 32, the initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour,

California voters reject ballot measure that would have raised state's minimum wage to a national high of $18 per hour

Voters have rejected Prop. 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, the highest in the U.S.