State Sen. Steve Padilla wants to establish data-driven analysis to calculate a 'living wage' for all Californians.
Padilla defines a “living wage” as, “the wage that is necessary in order for you to meet basic needs, housing/shelter, putting food on the table, proper nutrition.”
"This bill would require that data to be done by the state, to be done within the department and reported to the legislature every year,” Padilla said. “We have a large agriculture industry in the state. We have fast food workers, Californians aren’t going to stop buying that. We’re not going to stop shopping at grocery stores. We’re not going to stop doing a lot of things, so there's a huge market in California on the consumer side and there’s a lot of labor that’s required to support that economy,” Padilla said.
Also, when everybody knows what the living wage is, Walters said, it helps the community understand what the unions are trying to do and what the workforce is trying to do.
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