minimum wage

Doane Liu, executive director of the City Tourism Department, warned the council the report understated the impact the proposed increases to the minimum wage would have on the prices of hotel room rates.

California is also expecting new costs associated with a $25 minimum wage increase for healthcare workers.

Their labor is for the most part barely compensated, at rates far below minimum wage.

It comes as an increasing number of firms warn that the tax rises and the higher minimum wage announced in the Budget could lead them to increase prices for customers.

Californians, who have historically supported efforts to raise the minimum wage, were not swayed this time around.