{"id":2282745,"date":"2024-06-24T14:31:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mcdonalds-latest-to-shutter-doors-in-wake-of-california-minimum-wage-hike-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-24T14:33:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T18:33:48","slug":"san-francisco-mcdonalds-latest-to-shutter-doors-in-wake-of-california-minimum-wage-hike-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-mcdonalds-latest-to-shutter-doors-in-wake-of-california-minimum-wage-hike-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco McDonald\u2019s latest to shutter doors in wake of California minimum wage hike &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fsan-francisco-mcdonalds-latest-to-shutter-doors-in-wake-of-california-minimum-wage-hike-washington-examiner%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=2282745&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>San Francisco residents are\u2063 expressing discontent following\u2062 the permanent closure of a longstanding McDonald&#8217;s restaurant in the city over the recent weekend. This closure is directly linked to\u200c California&#8217;s\u200d increase in the minimum wage, which has\u200d now been set at $20 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-california-fast-food-restaurants-at-center-of-criminal-threats\/\" title=\"Report: California Fast Food Restaurants at Center of Criminal Threats\">fast-food workers<\/a> under a\u2063 new state law \u200cenacted on April 1. The \u2063McDonald&#8217;s, which had been serving customers\u200b for more than 30 years, was owned by franchisee Scott Rodrick, who described the decision to close as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrities-applaud-texas-valedictorian-for-using-speech-to-promote-abortion\/\" title=\"Celebrities Applaud Texas Valedictorian For Using Speech To Promote Abortion\">gut-wrenching<\/a>.&#8221; The\u2063 article indicates that the \u2062closure is part of \u200bbroader economic adjustments businesses are \u2062making in response to the new wage regulations.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/san-francisco\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>San Francisco<\/a> residents are not \u2018lovin\u2019 it\u2019 after one of the city\u2019s long-standing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>McDonald\u2019s<\/a> restaurants was forced to shut down for good over the weekend due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-democrats-approve-budget-resolution-all-republicans-vote-no\/\" title=\"Senate Democrats Approve Budget Resolution, All Republicans Vote No\">minimum wage increase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The closure comes after<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/mcdonalds-stonestown-galleria-san-francisco-closing-sunday-after\/14992448\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> more than 30 years of serving customers<\/a>. The franchisee\u2019s owner, Scott Rodrick, called the closing \u201cgut-wrenching.\u201d The state of California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/2947025\/california-workers-hour-cuts-minimum-wage-going-into-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>mandated a $20 minimum wage<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexican-chain-rubios-closing-48-locations-2-months-after-california-changed-law\/\" title=\"Rubio's, a Mexican chain, is closing 48 locations following a California law change\">fast-food restaurant employees<\/a> under a new law on April 1, which Rodrick referenced as part of why his location is closing.<\/p>\n<p>The other reason this location is closing stems from Rodrick\u2019s landlord\u2019s unwillingness to reach an agreement on rent for this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>restaurant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A McDonald\u2019s sign in Wheeling, Illinois, March 14, 2024. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A statement regarding the restaurant\u2019s closure clarified that its employees were offered employment at nearby McDonald\u2019s locations. <\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s shuttering of this location comes after several other restaurant chains have reevaluated their business in California. Earlier this month, Rubio\u2019s Coastal Grill announced that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3029260\/rubios-coastal-grill-cites-california-business-costs-in-closing-almost-50-locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>closing 48 of its locations in the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blaze Pizza, a chain partially owned by Los Angeles Lakers star Lebron James, also announced this month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3038975\/blaze-pizza-move-headquarters-out-of-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>it will move its headquarters<\/a> from Pasadena, California, to Atlanta by September. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, popular California burger joint <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3039120\/in-n-out-raises-prices-following-californias-new-minimum-wage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>In-N-Out raised its prices<\/a>, which the chain argued was \u201cnecessary to maintain our quality standards.\u201d in April, In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder said she fought to keep menu prices down in the wake of California\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-debunking-the-15-minimum-wage\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: Debunking The  Minimum Wage\">minimum wage law<\/a> going into effect.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco locals are upset as a longstanding McDonald&#8217;s closes after over 30 years, due to California&#8217;s minimum wage hike. The weekend shutdown has been described as &#8220;gut-wrenching&#8221; by franchise owner Scott Rodrick<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2282746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McDonalds-logo-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4045,11237,32421,32422],"class_list":["post-2282745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-california","tag-mcdonalds","tag-minimum-wage","tag-san-francisco"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/McDonalds-logo-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2282745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2282746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2282745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2282745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2282745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}