Posted on 11/20/2024 5:14:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Californians, who have historically supported efforts to raise the minimum wage, were not swayed this time around.
After two weeks of postelection uncertainty, Proposition 32, the initiative to increase the state’s minimum wage to $18 an hour, was defeated by a narrow margin.
The rejection was “a pretty poignant sign of the times in a state like California,” said John Kabateck, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, which had urged voters to vote no. “It is certainly sending a message that Californians across the political spectrum are fed up with higher costs and greater uncertainty on Main Street.”
Proposition 32 was declared defeated after falling just short, with 49.2% voting “yes.” The Associated Press called the race on Tuesday evening.
The outcome was the latest indication of a rightward shift in the reliably blue state, which saw a number of surprising results from the Nov. 5 election. Voters overwhelmingly supported a ballot measure to undo a decade of progressive criminal justice reform, and rejected an initiative that would have banned forced prison labor.
Opponents and economists said that by striking down the proposed minimum-wage increase, voters signaled that they were nervous about businesses raising prices to offset their added labor expenses. The prospect of paying more for consumer goods was especially unappealing after years of high inflation, which has led to a persistent feeling among many people that they’re on shaky financial footing.
“Arguments about the minimum wage are always very emotional,” said Till von Wachter, an economics professor at UCLA. “Economic issues are top of mind right now, and that can lead to a rejection of a higher minimum wage.”
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They’re finally learning. But California needs to get rid of direct democracy.
Some wise folks steeped to the plate!! Good for them!!!
It failed because of racism and misogyny (am i doing this right?)
Reading the whole piece tells me that these people are schizo......and stupid
So, the CA politicians will ignore the citizens and raise the minimum-wage anyway. Take anyone to court and ruin them if they get in their way.
The California equivalent of the Anbar Awakening?
No, it’s just that Californians don’t want to pay $20 for a hamburger.
California needs to get rid of direct democracy.It shields politicians from electoral consequence and allows them to slide ever more to the left.
they need to clean up their elections
if they want to vote their way out
Cali will have to make more people poor. Then they’ll vote themselves a raise.
Long Beach, CA voters raised the Minimum Wage for hotel workers to $29.80, starting in 2028.
LA County voters raised the sales tax in most of its 88 cities to 10.50%.
In the last 20 years California voters have locally approved 181 billion for their school districts. They added at least another 20 billion this year.
The minimum wage is always zero. That’s what you get if the employer won’t pay the government mandated minimum wage, and so doesn’t hire you.
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