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"In the end you’re going to have to have a proposition with a sum of money that is capable of building it bearing in mind the continuing effects of building price inflation," he said.

Voters were closely divided on the proposition, which would have raised the minimum wage to $17 an hour immediately for larger employers and to $18 an hour starting in January.

The governor and the proposition’s opponents argued that crime actually was declining in California.

Molina fought hard against the proposition, which was eventually stayed by the courts.

The proponents of the proposition appealed, but the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that they did not represent the state and had no standing.