A longtime McDonald’s franchise in San Francisco is closing after 30 years in business due to California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new $20 minimum wage law, the owner said.
The McDonald’s at Stonestown Galleria fell victim to the economy on Sunday. Franchise owner Scott Rodrick Said He told ABC7 it was a “heartbreaking day” for him and his family.
Rodrick said the reason for the closure was his inability to negotiate fair rent, taxes and the state’s $20 fast food minimum wage with the building’s owner. It came into effect April 1st.
The previous minimum wage for fast food workers in California was $15, more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
of LawIt also established a Fast Food Council with the power to raise the minimum wage in the future. Signed Governor Newsom has pledged that 2023 will bring us “one step closer to fairer wages and safer, healthier working conditions.”
Rep. Chris R. Holden (Democrat), who introduced the bill, argued that the policy was “designed to help moms and dads feed their children, students put gas in their cars, and grandparents buy their grandchildren birthday presents.”
Meanwhile, it’s business owners and restaurant patrons who are being affected.
Just two months after the wage increase, the state saw a decline of about 10,000 fast-food jobs. Sliced to piecesBreitbart News reported.
“It has been a pleasure for me and my entire team to serve the 19th Street and Ingleside area for over 30 years,” Rodrick said in a note posted on the door of the closed restaurant.
“All of our valued team members have been offered the opportunity to continue working either with my restaurant company or at their local McDonald’s,” the franchisee added.
Kelly Harper Howey, a Los Angeles-based franchisee who owns 21 McDonald’s restaurants in the state with her sister, said: She said her profits would be reduced. While trying to keep up with the new minimum wage.
Harper Howey, who employs more than 1,000 people in California, Said KTLA 5 noted that the law doesn’t make economic sense for workers and business owners.
“We as business owners are not opposed to raising the minimum wage,” she said a few weeks before the law took effect.
“One of our main objections is that this wage increase only applies to us,” she continued. “Fundamentally, [the current] “Aren’t wages enough for people to live? Then who are the customers who can pay for food?”
In-N-Out Prices This appears to reflect the choices operators have had to make to survive: Breitbart News reported in June that burger joint menu items “have skyrocketed due to the $20 minimum wage.”
Flashback — Joe Biden: “It’s time to raise the minimum wage to at least $15 an hour”
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