DantesFreezer@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•The fast-food industry claims the California minimum wage law is costing jobs. Its numbers are fake
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5 months agoAs I recall prices have been going up for a long time. Nationally I believe all fast food chains have increased prices way beyond the rate of inflation for the past 12 years.
I agree this is likely to cause suffering cause relocating sucks, and there probably isn’t shelter space for these people.
He has a valid point that the camps have a lot of negative impacts. I’ve seen fires started,l in my city, heard horror stories about the conditions that develop.
That said, I don’t know how much better the alternative is.
About housing, I mean, it takes more than a few years to build the tens of thousands of houses needed, and every year the state assembly is doing more to help with building more dwellings and preventing local govt and orgs from blocking construction. I’m not thrilled about response but it seems like they’re doing a lot to help with infill development. I’m not an expert, so feel free to correct me.