California Lawmakers to Consider Bill to Raise Fast-Food Workers’ Pay to $20 an Hour

Flags are flown at a car caravan and rally of fast-food workers and supporters for passage of Assembly Bill 257, a fast-food worker health and safety bill, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles on April 16, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images

California legislators are close to passing a bill to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour after restaurant owners and labor union officials reached an agreement Sept. 10.

The agreement ends a two-year battle between fast-food restaurant giants, franchise owners, and the state over new government oversight and regulations.