{"id":2212527,"date":"2024-04-03T18:36:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-forces-fast-food-franchises-to-pay-their-workers-20-an-hour-his-luxury-restaurants-pay-their-workers-less\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T18:36:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T22:36:25","slug":"gavin-newsom-forces-fast-food-franchises-to-pay-their-workers-20-an-hour-his-luxury-restaurants-pay-their-workers-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-forces-fast-food-franchises-to-pay-their-workers-20-an-hour-his-luxury-restaurants-pay-their-workers-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom mandates $20\/hr for fast-food workers but pays his restaurant staff less"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-forces-fast-food-franchises-to-pay-their-workers-20-an-hour-his-luxury-restaurants-pay-their-workers-less%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212527&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Governor Newsom mandates $20\/hr for fast food workers in\u200c California but \u2063pays his own restaurant staff less. Job listings for his PlumpJack Cafe offer $16\/hr. \u2063Meanwhile, his luxury restaurants have positions such\u2062 as an on-call cocktail server for $18.07\/hr. Newsom&#8217;s minimum wage law leads to layoffs and price increases in the fast-food industry.\u2064 This wage gap raises concerns among critics and politicians like\u2063 Joe Patterson.\u2062 Nathan \u2063Click, Newsom&#8217;s campaign spokesman, defended the wages, citing a blind trust managing the governor&#8217;s \u2063financial holdings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Golden State governor&#8217;s Lake Tahoe cafe advertises job openings at $16 an hour<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>California\u2019s fast food franchisees <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/californias-20-minimum-wage-law-takes-effect-causing-confusion-layoffs-and-price-hikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">must hike<\/a> their minimum wage to $20 an hour under a law Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) hailed as &#8220;extraordinarily beneficial.&#8221; His own luxury restaurants, meanwhile, are paying their workers less.<\/p>\n<p>Active job listings for Newsom&#8217;s PlumpJack Cafe, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plumpjackinn.com\/olympic-valley-ca-restaurants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">touts its status<\/a> as &#8220;Lake Tahoe&#8217;s premier dining destination,&#8221; advertise &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/job\/WXGIiS4mtsq0Tk2P2I4-RN-rIH22twuwma5iAA5iiRRhsWYjuy2XTw?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_source=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_medium=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">busser<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/job\/-3NeoNa9mS6_UC0vKefFCfbdieoXV6NCot19KnUuIXsDceOghIux4g?utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_source=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_medium=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">host<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/c\/Balboa-Cafe-Partners\/Job\/Server\/-in-Olympic-Valley,CA?jid=2625cd1d8a9a8639&#038;utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_source=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_medium=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">server<\/a>,&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/c\/Balboa-Cafe-Partners\/Job\/Food-Runner\/-in-Olympic-Valley,CA?jid=005437b96c89db83&#038;utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_source=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_medium=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">food runner<\/a>&#8221; positions with $16 hourly wages. The restaurant is located steps from Palisades Tahoe\u2014California&#8217;s top ski resort\u2014and features a full bar, fine wines including a <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/60f7312ba0055043aec1f9f1\/t\/648cafc5db8da464279508bd\/1686941638174\/6.8.23.xls++-++Full+WIne+List.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$5,300 bottle of Burgundy<\/a>, and high-priced entrees. Pan-roasted Norwegian salmon, for example, costs $49, while the prime New York strip costs $67.<\/p>\n<p>Another Newsom-owned restaurant\u2014the Balboa Cafe, located in San Francisco&#8217;s fashionable Marina district\u2014is also hiring. The restaurant seeks an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziprecruiter.com\/c\/Balboa-Cafe-Partners\/Job\/On-Call-Cocktail-Server\/-in-San-Francisco,CA?jid=e6a8dd6e37599a1e&#038;utm_campaign=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_source=google_jobs_apply&#038;utm_medium=organic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-call cocktail server<\/a>&#8221; for $18.07 per hour, according to an online posting. The cafe also <a href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/656a2b4d1b49002965c529ad\/t\/660c670e7ce98300c1a0a52e\/1712088846742\/Dinner+3.11.24.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offers<\/a> a full bar and an array of luxury items, including a $38 charcuterie board, $27 wild mushroom risotto, $24 &#8220;mussels mariniere,&#8221; and a $38 filet mignon.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurants&#8217; hiring sprees come as the Newsom-backed fast food minimum wage law, which took effect Monday, prompts <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/californias-20-minimum-wage-law-takes-effect-causing-confusion-layoffs-and-price-hikes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">layoffs and price hikes<\/a> across California. Starting this month, pizza chains will permanently fire hundreds of workers, state records show. Burger King and other fast food franchises responded to the law by <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/02\/us-news\/californias-20-fast-food-wage-raises-prices-by-up-to-1-80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raising prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/explainers\/new-california-laws\/#729a987a-27e2-4ba2-98d1-e193223a95b9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> the fast food minimum wage mandate, which he signed into law last September, as &#8220;a big deal&#8221; and an example that the &#8220;future happens [in California] first.&#8221; He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/story\/news\/2024\/03\/28\/newsom-takes-heat-as-californias-20-fast-food-wage-leads-to-layoffs\/73127036007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the &#8220;foundational principle&#8221; advanced by the law is &#8220;inclusion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For California state assemblyman Joe Patterson (R.), the discrepancy between the wages offered at fast food joints and Newsom&#8217;s restaurants shows the governor &#8220;doesn&#8217;t show any sympathy or concern for his own employees.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the proper response is, \u2018We think our employees should make the same amount of money, thanks for bringing it to my attention,\u2019&#8221; Patterson told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom campaign spokesman Nathan Click dismissed criticism over the restaurants&#8217; wages, saying the governor&#8217;s &#8220;business and financial holdings are held and managed by a blind trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That blind trust, however, is run by a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-6710352de21447aaa52ec06106e8a4d6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family friend<\/a>, while Newsom&#8217;s investment group that controls the restaurants is run by his sister and cousin. The investment group&#8217;s philanthropic arm, the PlumpJack Foundation, <a href=\"https:\/\/plumpjackfoundation.org\/initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raises money<\/a> each year for the Representation Project, Jennifer Siebel Newsom&#8217;s nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Newsom <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-gubernatorial-elections-ebf4da79c93241818139ee4560fa9c43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> his restaurants and other businesses &#8220;my babies, my life.&#8221; He sent <a href=\"https:\/\/dbsearch.sos.ca.gov\/ExpendCodeReport.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than $18,000<\/a> to his PlumpJack Group for fundraising events ahead of his 2022 reelection bid, state records show. PlumpJack\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plumpjack.com\/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> still features Newsom as its founder and links to his campaign&#8217;s fundraising website.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has a long history of restaurant-related controversies. In 2020, he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-photos-reveal-newsom-lied-about-posh-napa-valley-dinner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partied maskless<\/a> at the French Laundry\u2014an exclusive Napa Valley restaurant\u2014in violation of his own coronavirus protocols.\t<\/p>\n<p>He also faced flack over the $20 fast food minimum wage law after a report said he <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/gavin-newsom-under-fire-for-minimum-wage-carveout-that-benefits-donor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed for an exemption<\/a> for bakeries to benefit a donor and former classmate who owns Panera Bread franchises. Newsom denied the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation was driven by the Service Employees International Union, one of the most powerful labor groups in California, and negotiated behind closed doors before being rushed to passage just before last year\u2019s legislative session ended.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Newsom celebrates $20\/hr minimum wage for California&#8217;s fast food workers, with his luxury restaurants paying less. 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