San Jose city council votes to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2019

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Thousands of the lowest paid workers in the South Bay will get a 50 percent pay raise.

The San Jose city council approved a gradual minimum wage hike to $15 an hour by the year 2019.

The current minimum wage is $10.30. On July 1 it will increase to $12 an hour.