[Myrddin]

"There are state workers who live from paycheck to paycheck," said Rick Chivaro, Connell's chief counsel. "If you reduce them to $6.75 an hour, their payments on mortgages, cars, tuition and other obligations are at risk."

The court told them all state employees would be limited to pay at the federal minimum wage rate of $5.15 per hour NOT the California minimum wage of $6.75. Rick obviously wasn't paying attention.

[Hugin]

The court told them all state employees would be limited to pay at the federal minimum wage rate of $5.15 per hour NOT the California minimum wage of $6.75.

I think you read that backwards.

The court also interpreted a previous federal court ruling requiring payments to state workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act to mean the state minimum wage, $6.75 an hour.