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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    22 hours ago

    From what I understand, most of the jobs are in the big cities where nobody but top management can afford to live, and everyone else has to drive or bus for hours to get to work. How does anyone think that’s sustainable at $16/hour? And why do low-wage workers even stay there?

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      22 hours ago

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

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        7 hours 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.