09/07/2022
Governor Newsom signed AB 257 the FAST Recovery Act and I cannot get behind this bill. I believe in a fair wage for everyone, but when I have undergrads and graduate students who do not earn $22 an hour I cannot support fast food workers earning $22 and place the burden on franchise owners to carry that burden. How is putting all of these small business owners out of business going to help these workers and the economy? The other day I drove through McDonald's to get a drink and an order of fries for my daughter. The cost of a medium order of fries was $4.95. Really, are you kidding me? With this bill what is that order of fries going to be? Wages will dictate the price of the product. The consumer will stop going to fast food - eventually. Yes, I canceled the order and drove through with nothing for my daughter. This has to stop somewhere. We are pricing ourselves out of any standard of living.
