With the change comes concerns from small businesses, like California Burgers in Citrus Heights. The Sacramento County staple has been in business on Auburn Boulevard for 30 years, but 2024 has brought on new challenges for Co-Owner and Manager Theodore Linardos.
His family has owned the restaurant that's made a name for fresh food at fast-food prices for decades. The challenge now, he told CBS13, is competition with fast food chain competitors that are now required to pay their workers at least $20 an hour.