California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $16 to $18.

With 100% of the ballots tallied, the measure was rejected by a 0.8% margin (50.8 - 49.2), according to the California Secretary of State’s office. The total vote difference for the proposition was 234,146.

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    1 month ago

    It increases the cost of living for everything else.

    Yes, I know that the cost of living is going up regardless, but that is their answer.

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      1 month ago

      That sounds a lot like “I make more than them and if they get a raise I won’t”. The cost of living has nothing to do with that lol

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      1 month ago

      But thst doesn’t happen when they have raised the minimum wage in other places. Why do they think that?