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Friday, April 05, 2024

Small businesses concerned over new $20 minimum wage for California fast food workers

The wait is over and California fast food restaurants with 60 or more locations will pay workers at least 25% more than the state's $16 minimum wage.

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.