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Over 5,400 CA Jobs Lost Since $20 Fast Food Wage Hike, Debunking Newsom’s Claims

September 23, 2024 3:18 pmSeptember 24, 2024 8:49 am

Six months since Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $20 per-hour fast food restaurant minimum wage law went into effect, California’s fast food industry job loss is now down a net 5,416 jobs since January. Companies were already sounding alarms about the new 25%...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $20 Per Hour Fast-Food Minimum Wage Tanking the Industry

July 29, 2024 2:55 amJuly 29, 2024 10:56 am

A new survey reports 74% of California fast-food restaurant owners said “there is an increase in the likelihood of shutting their restaurants down – an increasingly real concept as restaurants continue to shutter,” the Daily Mail reports. “Recent reporting from...

What Are the New Exemptions in the Fast Food Council Law?

March 21, 2024 2:00 pmMarch 21, 2024 2:01 pm

Assembly Bill 610 is pending on Governor Newsom’s desk. The bill would exempt several types of restaurants from last year’s landmark bill creating a Fast Food Council and increasing the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 per hour...

California’s $20 Minimum Wage Fast Food Bill Gets Even Messier

March 18, 2024 6:39 pmMarch 18, 2024 6:57 pm

The fast food bill, California’s new $20 minimum wage law has a “cleanup” bill, Assembly Bill 610, which is supposed to… well… clean up the mess made by Assembly Bill 1228. At least that is what we are supposed to...

Bill to Exempt Certain Fast Food Restaurants From New $20 Minimum Wage Introduced

February 8, 2024 9:55 amFebruary 8, 2024 11:02 am

A new bill to exempt certain fast food restaurants from the AB 1228 $20 minimum wage law was introduced in the Assembly on Wednesday. According to Assembly Bill 610, authored by Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena), additional restaurants would be exempted...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA?

June 30, 2023 2:30 amJuly 7, 2023 3:32 pm

The following was a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past three months...

How Do You Solve a Problem Like CEQA? Part Two

June 16, 2023 10:00 amJune 19, 2023 7:00 am

This is the second of a three part series on the impact of the California Environmental Quality Act on development in California and ways to potentially improve the law. It is written in response to hearings conducted over the past...