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SPARE HISTORICAL SITES.
ISIS HAD BEEN IN CONTROL
OF THE CITY SINCE LAST
MAY AND DESTROYED MANY
HOLY SITES INCLUDING A
2000-YEAR OLD TEMPLE.
REBECCA: A BIG VICTORY IN THE
FIGHT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE
IN CALIFORNIA.
AMY: LATE LAST NIGHT.
KCAL 9 JOY BENEDICT'S
LETTER THIS MORNING WITH
MORE AND WHAT IT MEANS.
JOY, NOT EVERYONE IS
HAPPY ABOUT THIS.
REPORTER: NOT EVERYONE THINKS IT
IS NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THAT
END ALL IN A GREAT IDEA FOR
EVERYONE.
NONETHELESS, AN
INCREASED MINIMUM WAGE
HAS BEEN SOMETHING
UNIONS AND WORKERS HAVE
BEEN FIGHTING FOR FOR
QUITE SOME TIME.
WE ARE LIVE THIS MORNING
IN A RESTAURANT IN
STUDIO CITY OR NOT TOO
FAR AWAY FROM THE STUDIO
RIGHT NOW.
A LOT OF SERVERS TALKING
ABOUT THE MINIMUM WAGE
INCREASE.
THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
ALREADY ENACTED ONE AND
WE ARE ON HER WAY TO
THAT $15 OUR MINIMUM
WAGE.
NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THE
STATE MAY FOLLOW SUIT.
IT IS NOT A DONE DEAL
YET.
STATE LEGISLATORS
CONFIRMED LAST NIGHT
THEY HAVE REACHED A DEAL
WITH LABOR UNIONS TO
BOOST THE STATE MINIMUM
WAGE FROM 10 TO $15 AN
HOUR AND THAT WOULD
HAPPEN GRADUALLY HITTING
THE 15-DOLLAR MARK BY
2022.
LA IS ON TRACK TO HIT
$15 AN HOUR BY 2020.
FAST FOOD WORKERS AND
UNIONS HAVE BEEN
FIGHTING FOR, BUT
BELIEVE IT OR NOT SOME
WORKERS IN THE SERVICE
INDUSTRY ARE WORRIED
ABOUT THE TRICKLE-DOWN
EFFECT OF HIGHER MINIMUM
WAGES.
HIGHER WAGES COULD LEAD
TO HIGHER MENU PRICES
AND LESS DINERS AND
POSSIBLY LESS TIPS AND
FOR THOSE WHO DEPEND ON
TIPS FOR THE MAJORITY OF
THEIR INCOME, THAT COULD
MEAN LESS OVERALL INCOME
ALTOGETHER.
I THINK IT WOULD BE
DETRIMENTAL TO THE
SERVING BUSINESS
COMPLETELY AND MANY
PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT
THEIR FAMILIES.
WHEN YOU GO IN THE
SUBURBS EASY MORE OF THE
ONCE REALLY GOING ON IN
PEOPLE RELY ON THEIR
TIPS A LOT, PROBABLY
MORE SO THAN THEIR
CHECKS, DEFINITELY.
REPORTER: THAT IS THE REASON
MANY STATES DO HAVE TWO TIERS OF
MINIMUM WAGES EXCEPT THOSE ARE
DEPENDENT ON TIPS AND SOME THAT
ARE NOT.