Even with Washington's $2.2 trillion economic rescue package, up to 30% of the state's 90,000 restaurants could close without additional help from the state, a letter from California Restaurant Association said to Gov. Gavin Newsom.
restrictions that have shuttered dining rooms and led to widespread layoffs, the industry warned Friday, while urging the state to delay tax payments and planned minimum-wage increases to help the ailing businesses.
“We believe the state has a moral obligation to take equally aggressive steps to address the economic harm caused by these measures,” the group wrote. Organized labor promised to aggressively oppose any effort to hold off on scheduled wage increases for workers. Steve Smith of the California Labor Federation said in an email that “restaurant and retail workers are on the front lines of this crisis, providing basic necessities to those in need. It’s no time to be talking about stripping away hard-earned wages workers have been promised.”Earlier this month, as the state sought to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Newsom said that state restaurants should temporarily close their doors to dine-in customers, limiting operations to takeout or delivery.
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