California voters will be asked to approve a statewide minimum wage increase in November.
California 's current $16 minimum wage is more than twice the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25. Even so, minimum wage workers in California come up about $20,000 short of the annual average cost of living in the Golden State.“I live with my brothers because I don't think I can afford to rent my own apartment because the cost of living is very, very expensive," Palisoc said.
Palisoc is pushing for Prop 32 to pass in November. While the wage hike would be dollars in the right direction, he said, it is still not enough to offset the rising cost of living. Should voters approve Prop 32, it would be the first statewide wage hike in nearly a decade.However, those are the kind of inflation concerns that make John Kabateck wary of Prop 32. He is California's state representative in the National Federation of Independent Business, which opposes the measure.
“Let's give small business owners a chance to crawl out of that hole. But taking minimum wage up to $18 an hour, it's making it more difficult for other small businesses to compete,” said Kabateck.“The very people who are feeling the biggest fallout of this are these young workers who are trying to find jobs, not just summer jobs, long term jobs, but that's not going to happen when we're seeing businesses shut down,” Kabateck said.
The $20 minimum wage for fast food workers kicked in today. NBC 7's Joey Safchik has more on how both employees and restaurant owners feel about the pay hike.
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