California lawmakers, working in tandem with labor unions, struck a deal to raise the statewide minimum—at first, to $10.50, with gradual increases to $15. The deal allowed lawmakers to avoid bringing the wage increase issue to a ballot, a vote which polls suggest California voters would overwhelmingly support.

According to The LA Times, Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to make the announcement on Monday. The deal, however, doesn’t ensure that workers will receive the $15 wage anytime soon:

According to a document obtained by The Times, the negotiated deal would boost California’s statewide minimum wage from $10 an hour to $10.50 on Jan. 1, 2017, with a 50-cent increase in 2018 and then $1-per-year increases through 2022. Businesses with fewer than 25 employees would have an extra year to comply, delaying their workers receiving a $15 hourly wage until 2023.

The deal came after a minimum wait vote was Last week, a union-sponsored initiative qualified for a ballot in November, which sent lawmakers scrambling to come up with something that would avoid the vote.

The highest minimum until now is in Washington, D.C., at $10.50 per hour. California’s increase to $15 would make it the highest in the country, if the other states don’t catch up before it goes into effect.

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