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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to boost pay to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour for prisoners assigned to an active fire, a raise from the current pay of about $1 an hour.

More than 1,000 prisoners worked in January to battle the L.A.-area fires.

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to boost the pay of state prisoners assigned to battle California wildfires.

Assembly Bill 247, whose author is Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles), raises wages from about $1 an hour to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. The wages remain far below the state wage of $16.50 an hour.

The legislation takes effect immediately and was expected to pass aft

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