Not sure about the premise, the California minimum wage goes from $10.00 to $10.50 in 2017.
Fifteen bucks doesn’t happen until 2022.
Anybody who’s closing now is doing so because they can’t handle a five percent labor cost increase.
The min. Wage in CA. Goes up to 11.00 an hour Jan. 1 and a dollar a year until 2021 when it reaches 15.00 an hour!!!
You must also realize that it is NOT just the dollar an hour involved here, workers comp ins. Is according to payroll dollars paid so that goes up, also businesses MATCH payroll taxes paid so that goes up also!!!!