California's minimum-wage workers received a 50-cent raise Tuesday, to $8 per hour. Art Pulaski, executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation, called the increase a step in the right direction but said it wasn’t enough. “These hard-working Californians have struggled for years to support their families while earning near-poverty wages” According to the nonprofit California Budget Project, a single adult working would need to earn more than $13/ hour to cover basic expenses such as housing, food, transportation and health care. A full-time worker making $8/hour will earn $16,640 per year, which is still $252 below the federal poverty line.