law going into effect at the end of the week after the governor’s office estimates it would cost the state $4 billion annually., who signed the law in October. Now, as it gets ready to go into effect, lawmakers are looking for ways to delay it.California’s budget deficit has grown in years and now stands at a hefty $45 billion.
Earlier this year, Newsom also signed legislation that would give fast-food restaurants operating on government property a $20-an-hour fast-food minimum wage. One group that doesn’t want that to happen is the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West, the union that backed the healthcare pay increase. They have recently launched an advertising campaign to try to force Newsom’s hand. One post on X shows a dialysis worker named Alice, whom the union says provided lifesaving care.
“What we saw in conversations earlier this year was folks really focusing only on money and only on dollars and cents, and not on what those dollars and cents are used for,” he