California has high fast food minimum wage — $22 / hr I think.
Energy is a big cost of production, too (heating, cooling, refrigeration, cooking, truck fuel). CA has the highest energy prices in the country.
The $20 effective date is April 1, you know, the day we’re going to blow up the entire lower tier of the wage structure in this state, and kick off our own fresh bout of inflation. With only one outlet the law doesn’t apply to him and, with chains laying off workers, particularly drivers, automating as much as they can, it’s not like his workers will actually have fast food jobs they’ll be able to leave him for.
Our overlords don’t mind so much the catastrophic consequences of their actions, including those who they pretend to help losing their jobs that are below 30 hours/wk anyway so Obamacare doesn’t have to be provided.. The important thing is that the Legislature gets to feel really good about giving theoretical workers “a living wage.”