UCLA Luskin Urban Planning Professor Chris Tilly spoke to CalMatters for a story about California’s Proposition 32, a measure on the November ballot that would raise the state’s minimum wage to $18 in the coming year. The proposed increase follows minimum hikes enacted in 2016 to boost the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022. Experts, advocates and workers have questioned whether the most recent hike will be enough to make a significant difference in Californians’ lives. A number of California cities already have enacted higher minimum wages, motivated by the higher cost of living, while unions have successfully pushed for higher wages for specific industries including fast food and health care, and are pushing for more. “In some ways, at the point where this measure is heading to the ballot, it’s kind of underwhelming,” said Tilly, who studies labor markets.