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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.

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[-] antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week 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@feddit.nu 1 points 1 week ago

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

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