Effects of California $20 fast food wage: No good deed goes unpunished

A study from UC Santa Cruz finds California's $20 fast food minimum wage may have come with "unintended consequences." ...
University News & EventsOpinion

Exploring the impacts of California’s minimum wage for fast food workers

Workers at franchised fast food restaurants got a big pay bump about two years ago. A UC Santa Cruz economics researcher ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

The Effects of California's $20 Fast Food Minimum Wage on Prices

We analyze the effect of California's $20 fast food minimum wage (Assembly Bill 1228), enacted in September 2023 and implemented in April 2024, on consumer prices using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ...
Opinion

California’s $20 fast food wage yields higher prices, fewer jobs, more automation

UC - Santa Cruz found fewer jobs and worker hours, but more order kiosks, mobile apps and AI drive-through ordering systems at CA eateries.

New study questions the effect of California’s $20 fast food minimum wage

A new study from researchers at University of California, Santa Cruz, found that while more people are applying for fast food ...
CNBC

Trump claims California's $20 fast-food minimum wage hurts businesses. The truth is a lot more complicated

President Donald Trump said California Gov. Gavin Newsom is "laying siege on the minimum wage," likely referring to the state's $20 pay floor for fast-food workers. However, research shows that the ...