[MeshugeMikey]

I scarce can imagine how WELL this will end!

Perhaps her mayorship would like to step up and BUY THE PLACE??

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Restaurants eliminating tipping is legal, Schaaf said, and as long as employees are earning a fair wage, she said she is supportive of the industry looking at creative ways to comply with the letter and spirit of the law.

There you go. That should help out the servers.

[NohSpinZone]

The utter banality of this is beyond confounding. If they wanted to help in the first place, stupid government officials should not be passing onerous, burdensome laws that defy basic tenets of economics. ARRRRRGGH!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

If an increase n the minimum wages causes MacDonald's,for example,to raise their prices that *won't* cause me to spend *more* while I'm there.In fact,it might even cause me not to patronize them anymore.

[cuban leaf]

Kinda reminds me of Gerald Ford’s “WIN” buttons.

I mean, gosh, if we all just pitch in, this problem can be licked, dog gone it!

[43north]

Next this economic illiterate will clamor for subsidies to help the small business pay their employees. Its the California way... unfortunately.

[Billthedrill]

Another social activist waves her imperial hand and suspends the laws of economics. Best of luck with that.

[LostPassword]

how could a new minimum wage possibly cause small businesses to struggle?

I assume it’s a higher minimum wage
- which makes employees happier,
- which causes them to provide better service,
- which draws in more customers,
- which makes more money for the business owner.

And if it doesn’t, “business owners are like gazillionaires or something” so they just need to eat less caviar on their next transatlantic flight to ski in Europe.

</sarc>

I wonder how lefties will respond when this example is used during the next minimum wage battle. Bookmarked so I can find out next time it comes up.

[cuban leaf]

Is it just a coincidence that this is 2015?

[BookmanTheJanitor]

from the article...

Farley's co-owner Chris Hillyard appeared alongside Schaaf to say he supports the enactment of a higher minimum wage, despite the largest increase in costs in the six-year history of his business.

"We believe in paying our employees a fair wage," he said, but his business now needs to generate more income, which means higher prices in order to pay his workers the new wage.

"This industry operates on a razor-thin margin," Hillyard said, with payroll as the biggest expense.

oh boy...

[Regulator]

Libby the Society Girl lectures the Bruthas!

This is REALLY gonna be funny. The hyper liberal Jewish girl - who represents exactly who in Oakland? - tells all the Po’ Pipple’s just suck it up and pay the higher prices?

She’s obviously never worked at Mickey D’s.

Poor people count every last penny and haggle over the half cent. They have to.

As for the “solidarity” thing of paying more to help everyone else....Uh, not exactly something your ethnic group is known for, huh Libby? Why do you expect others to be like that?

Jerry Geezer couldn’t fix Oakland and this preening idiot can’t either.

[hattend]

This only works if all the neighboring towns of Oakland do likewise. Otherwise it is a short drive to lower prices.

[circlecity]

Looks like the first wave of bankruptcy filings have arrived.

[hattend]

Kiara Gomez, a single mother who has worked as a dishwasher and cook at Farley's for two years, said the new minimum wage should finally give her the resources to get her own home.

So a 13 dollar an hour job will finally let you buy a house in the Bay Area. Dream on, lady. Or is that DREAM on?

[denydenydeny]

"It's time for Oaklanders to put their money where there votes are"

LOL! Democrat voters only vote for free stuff for themselves. That "shared sacrifice" noise is only for other people.

[DPMD]

So, what’s her back up plan?

Here’s a hint: Raise taxes.

[molson209]

82 percent of Oakland voters want to pay more ,lots more

[hal ogen]

Socialists are disgusting and economically illiterate.

[Lurker]

“It’s time for Oaklanders to put their money where their votes were,” Schaaf said”

Oh man, that’s funny right there.

L

[who_would_fardels_bear]

I notice more people ordering water when I eat out. It could be a health thing, but I think it's to save money.

There are also those that fill their water cups with soda which is just plain theft.

In any case it ends up being less money going to the restaurant, and ultimately more restaurant closures.

And there have been a lot of restaurant closures in my area lately.