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Tie California's Foster Youth and Young Child Tax Credits uprating to the year the minimum wage hits $15
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Description
The [legal code ](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=17052.1)specifies that the threshold amounts should be uprated by ca cpi after the minimum wage increases past $15/hr which happened in 2023.
The two parameter files that should be uprated starting in 2023 (might be more):
[Foster youth phase out start](https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/blob/master/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ca/tax/income/credits/foster_youth/phase_out/start.yaml)
[Young child credit phase out start](https://github.com/PolicyEngine/policyengine-us/blob/master/policyengine_us/parameters/gov/states/ca/tax/income/credits/young_child/phase_out/start.yaml)

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