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.

  • lime!English
    16·
    18 hours ago

    would it not have been better to do something?

    • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      21·
      9 hours ago

      If it’s a band-aid fix, raise it by $2 to kick the can a couple years. But if you tie it to inflation you’re signaling that you’ve solved the problem of minimum wage.

      • lime!English
        2·
        9 hours ago

        i mean i get it, but at the same time people need bandaids.