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Prop. 32 Support Plummets for $18 Minimum Wage Increase 6%

October 9, 2024 12:56 pmOctober 9, 2024 12:56 pm

Support for Proposition 32, which will increase the state minimum wage to $18 per hour beginning on January 1, 2025, has fallen by 6% between early August and Late September, according to the latest UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Sciences...

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%...

Gavin Newsom’s Ongoing Tyranny of California Includes Special Legislative Session

September 19, 2024 9:03 amSeptember 20, 2024 8:32 am

When you think of California in 2024, instead of misty redwoods, golden beaches and snow-covered mountains, visions of homelessness, high crime, high taxes, high gas prices, high housing costs, and illegal border crossings come to mind. Yet Governor Gavin Newsom...

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...

California Price Fixing Minimum Wage Hurts the Young and the Poor

July 11, 2024 9:04 amJuly 11, 2024 5:38 pm

“Workers need a living wage,” is California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stubborn justification for signing the $20 per hour fast-food minimum wage bill into law. “We saw the inequities….We had a responsibility to do more.” Math is hard. Never once has Newsom...

U.S. Business Bankruptcies Up 40% Since January 2023; Small Biz up 60%

July 9, 2024 2:45 amJuly 9, 2024 2:46 am

The American Bankruptcy Institute has bad news: Small business Chapter 11 business reorganization bankruptcy filings increased 60 percent from April 2023 to April 2024. Commercial Chapter 11 business filings increased 40 percent from April 2023 to April 2024, with high...

Small Business ‘Uncertainty’ Reaches Highest Level Since Pandemic Forced Business Closures

June 14, 2024 7:15 amJune 15, 2024 8:54 am

The National Federation of Independent Businesses released a new survey showing the highest Small Business “uncertainty” since 2020 during the pandemic, when “nonessential” businesses were forced to shut down. “The small business sector is responsible for the production of over...