Menu prices to rise 20% thanks to new California law, restaurant associations warn

by ZACHARY ROGERS | The National Desk

Tue, September 6th 2022, 7:06 PM UTC

Cars wait in the drive-thru line at a McDonald's restaurant in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. More than a half-million California fast food workers are pinning their hopes on a groundbreaking proposal that would give them increased power and protections. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Fast food workers and their supporters march past the state Capitol calling on passage of a bill to provide increased power to fast-food workers, in Sacramento, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. If approved by lawmakers and signed by the governor, AB257 would give California's more than half-million fast food workers would get increased power and protections under the first-in-the-nation measure. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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Cars wait in the drive-thru line at a McDonald's restaurant in San Francisco, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. More than a half-million California fast food workers are pinning their hopes on a groundbreaking proposal that would give them increased power and protections. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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