alt Hacker NewsI'm happy that CA doesn't set a lower min wage for tipped workers, but the problem is that in many/most places in CA, $19/hr is still not a living wage, so the tips are more or less required to keep those workers housed and eating.
A living wage in most population centers in CA is nearly $30/hr.
People argued the living wage was $15/hour in California a few years ago. Then it was $20/hour. Now you're saying $30/hour.
I have to ask what is causing what's considered a living wage to increase so rapidly, because it appears to be increasing far faster than the national inflation rate.
It sounds like a wage-price spiral, though I'm not aware of anyone claiming we're in one.