California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state's minimum wage from $16 to $18.

California voters have rejected Prop 32, which would have raised the state’s minimum wage from $16 to $18.

With 100% of the ballots tallied, the measure was rejected by a 0.8% margin (50.8 - 49.2), according to the California Secretary of State’s office. The total vote difference for the proposition was 234,146.

    • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
      11·
      17 hours ago

      It’s half the low that cost of living is tied to it, and half that they don’t want people who work “less hard” to make as much money as they do.