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Judge puts hold on California law that could have raised fast-food worker wages
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-puts-hold-california-law-003346220.htmlA Sacramento County Superior Court judge has put a temporary hold on a new California law boosting protections for fast-food workers that was set to go into effect Jan. 1.
The order comes in response to a lawsuit filed Thursday by a coalition of major restaurant and business trade groups that is backing an effort to overturn the law, called Assembly Bill 257, through a referendum on the California ballot in November 2024. If the referendum qualifies for the ballot, it would block AB 257 until voters have a say.
The coalition, called Save Local Restaurants, took issue with the state Department of Industrial Relations' effort to implement AB 257 on Jan. 1, arguing that because the referendum effort is well underway, it renders the law unenforceable. Implementing the law could set a harmful precedent that threatens voters’ right of referendum, the coalition said.
Erin Mellon, a spokesperson with Gov. Gavin Newsom's office, said Thursday that the law would be put into effect while election authorities completed the process of verifying voter signatures necessary to qualify the referendum. However, state officials "will, of course, abide by any court order," she said in an email.
The order comes in response to a lawsuit filed Thursday by a coalition of major restaurant and business trade groups that is backing an effort to overturn the law, called Assembly Bill 257, through a referendum on the California ballot in November 2024. If the referendum qualifies for the ballot, it would block AB 257 until voters have a say.
The coalition, called Save Local Restaurants, took issue with the state Department of Industrial Relations' effort to implement AB 257 on Jan. 1, arguing that because the referendum effort is well underway, it renders the law unenforceable. Implementing the law could set a harmful precedent that threatens voters’ right of referendum, the coalition said.
Erin Mellon, a spokesperson with Gov. Gavin Newsom's office, said Thursday that the law would be put into effect while election authorities completed the process of verifying voter signatures necessary to qualify the referendum. However, state officials "will, of course, abide by any court order," she said in an email.
