CABIA – California Globe

Gov. Newsom Touts Misleading UC Berkeley Study on California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 8, 2026 3:10 pmApril 8, 2026 3:20 pm

California has such an absurdly high cost of living that some misguided lawmakers think increasing the minimum wage will offset nearly $1 million median home prices, $7.00-per-gallon gas prices, and $500 – $1,000 monthly electricity bills. The minimum wage was...

CABIA Launches Lawsuit Settlement & Trial Attorney Payout Tracker

April 6, 2026 3:18 pmApril 6, 2026 3:18 pm

The California Business and Industrial Alliance announced the launch of its Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA) Lawsuit Tracker, a first-of-its-kind public database for documenting every lawsuit settlement and attorney payout filed under PAGA in California. PAGA is a California law...

California’s Fast Food Minimum Wage Continues to Bite Workers, Consumers and Owners

March 20, 2026 4:40 amMarch 20, 2026 4:41 am

California is reaching a grim two-year anniversary of the ill-advised $20 fast food minimum wage. AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks...

Data Forecasts Drastic Job Losses from San Diego $25 Wage

September 19, 2025 12:00 pmSeptember 19, 2025 12:10 pm

Earlier this week, the San Diego City Council voted to raise the minimum wage for hospitality workers to $25 an hour. “What was initially intended as an immediate infusion of higher wages for all workers in San Diego’s tourism industry last...

NEW AD Trolls Newsom’s ‘Keyboard Warrior Strategy,’ Says the Gov is ‘Embarrassing California’

August 22, 2025 7:04 amAugust 22, 2025 7:04 am

The California Business and Industry Alliance ran an ad in USA Today Thursday calling out California Governor Gavin Newsom for his “clout-chasing” social media strategy, and said it is “embarrassing California.” “California has real problems: Businesses are struggling, families can’t...

New Economic Study Finds California’s $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage Caused 18,000 Job Losses

July 14, 2025 7:24 amJuly 14, 2025 7:27 am

“New data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics was released Thursday, revealing a staggering 36,565 fast food jobs have been lost since September 2023 when the $20 per hour minimum wage law, AB 1228, was signed into law,” the...

California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of Work

May 20, 2025 2:57 pmMay 22, 2025 6:37 am

The Employment Policies Institute just released new data showing AB 1228, California’s $20 wage law for fast food workers, cost non-tipped restaurant workers 250 hours of work annually, equating to up to 7 weeks of lost work – up to...