California Minimum Wage Shocks Fast Food Workers as Restaurant Closes: 'Only the Beginning,' Ex-Manager Warns

Another California small business and its workers have seemingly suffered at the hands of the state’s newly enacted $20 minimum wage.

"It's a shock," Monica Navarro, former assistant general manager at Fosters Freeze in Lemoore, said Wednesday on "The Bottom Line."

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"It would have been nice to have a notice, so we could go get some applications [out], I could prepare them," she continued. "The best I can do is honestly give them some references."

When making their way to work Monday morning, Navarro and her team learned upon arrival that the restaurant owner had made the decision to close its doors for good. The owner, Loren Wright, told local Fox affiliate KMPH that this was the "last thing" they wanted to do, but knew by Friday night the business likely wouldn’t be able to absorb the wage hike and didn’t "want to ruin their Easter Sunday."

Karen Townsend

They are shocked, shocked, I tell you. Who couldn't have seen this coming? A minimum wage isn't meant to be a comfortable income. It's a starter wage for low-skill jobs. $20/hour? Good heavens. 

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