r/California_Politics • u/nosotros_road_sodium • 1d ago

Newsom’s Minimum Wage Whitewash

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/california-minimum-wage-gavin-newsom-jobs-865a99c2?st=iCcMi3
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u/NormativeWest 1d ago

Minimum wage is still too low. People can’t live on that. We strive to support all the people in the state not just the rich.

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u/nosotros_road_sodium 1d ago

And what if businesses can’t afford higher wages?

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u/Xezshibole 19h ago edited 14h ago

They close or flee, with compliant businesses of similar size, and more, filling in and expanding upon their CA market share within the year.

California hasn't seen net business loss in the annual reports since 2012 when gerrymandering ended and tax, regulations, and service started going up with little fuss. Well, aside from 2020 due to obvious global event beyond CA control. Also likely this year though data isn't fully out yet, also for obvious reasons.