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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...

Another One Bites the Dust: Jack in the Box Closing 150 – 200 Restaurants

April 25, 2025 3:10 amApril 25, 2025 3:11 am

San Diego based Jack in the Box just announced it will be closing 150-200 restaurants “to improve long-term financial performance across its restaurant system, strengthen its balance sheet and demonstrate its commitment to running an asset-light business model — all...

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra

Xavier Becerra: Just One More Professional Politician with a Shady Past Who Needs a Job

April 3, 2025 7:37 amApril 3, 2025 7:37 am

So, Xavier Becerra is now running for California Governor because the “California Dream” isn’t what it used to be. But Becerra, a career politician, won’t self-reflect long enough to recognize that he, his ideology and political party is a big...

With 16,000 Lost Fast Food Jobs, New Ad Blasts California’s ‘Crappiest Law’

March 31, 2025 4:27 pmMarch 31, 2025 4:33 pm

“The minimum wage law very cleverly is misnamed,” Economist Thomas Sowell said. “The real minimum wage is zero. That is what many inexperienced and low skilled people receive as a result of legislation that makes it illegal to pay them...

Greenberg: Gavin Newsom’s Budgetary Sleight of Hand

March 25, 2025 2:55 amMarch 25, 2025 2:56 am

Is Gavin Newsom eyeing the White House in 2028? California’s woke poster boy has turned the Golden State into a dystopian mess, and conservatives, independents, and anyone with a shred of common sense would and should torch his candidacy faster...

Shocking 16,000 Jobs Lost Due to California’s $20 Fast Food Wage Hike

March 8, 2025 9:19 amMarch 10, 2025 7:43 am

By the time California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the $20 minimum wage for fast food workers, he had been warned by many that it would be devastating for the industry, but he did it anyway. Now, 16,000 fast...

SEIU Researchers Admit $20 Wage Law Caused Fast Food Job Losses

February 26, 2025 7:16 amFebruary 26, 2025 9:15 pm

Last week the Globe reported on a new study by the Berkeley Research Group admitting that California’s $20 minimum wage for fast food workers has led to job losses, higher food prices, and increased automation in the industry. The BRG study...