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.

  • finderscult
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    1 month ago

    Because it costs more to move and outside the West Coast being homeless is a death sentence.

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      1 month ago

      Sounds rather like a 3rd-world country. Of course the same will probably be said for most of America by the end of next year.