California Voters on Track to Reject Higher Minimum Wage Proposal, Citing Inflation Concerns

A ballot measure that seeks to raise California’s minimum wage is on the verge of defeat, with some that voted against it saying they feared it could cause the price of goods and services to increase. At issue is Proposition 32, which would add two dollars to the state’s current minimum wage, bringing the total to $18 per hour starting on Jan. 1 for employers with at least 26 workers. The measure is losing by a 2 percent margin, down by about 290,000 votes out of more than 14.4 million ballots counted, as of Nov. 14, with 51 percent in favor and 49 percent opposed. “We can’t just keep raising the minimum wage,” Eric Check, 47, an agricultural machine worker living in Merced, told The Epoch Times while waiting in line to vote. “It’s going to make everything more expensive for everybody.”...