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California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom addresses supporters with Mayor Ed Lee, right, in front of boxes filled with more than 600,000 voter signatures set for delivery to the San Francisco Department of Elections to qualify the Fair Wage Act of 2016 on the ballot, at City Hall in San Francisco , Calif., on Tues. January 19, 2016. A faction of California's largest union began submitting signatures Tuesday for a ballot initiative asking voters to raise California's minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2021, one of two competing proposals vying for the November ballot. (Michael Macor/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT PHOTOG & CHRONICLE; MAGS OUT; NO SALES
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