Some employees said the increase is a good start, but is still not nearly enough to make ends meet
Starting Friday, July 1, the minimum wage in Los Angeles County will go from $15 an hour to $16.04, and in unincorporated parts of the county, the minimum wage increases to $15.96. At La Fogata, in Sherman Oaks, the owner, Vram Alian, said he had to do something before this boost went into effect because his employees were struggling so badly to keep up with the high cost of living.
"LA is really expensive to live in and we totally understand where the employees are coming from. So, I want to help out my employees as much as I can," he told CBSLA."I have had maybe about four employees move out of state, to just a more affordable states. They couldn't hang anymore." "We need to take care of them. They're running the business. They're the main, you know, workers behind the restaurant and if it wasn't for them, we wouldn't be here," he added.
"When you increase the minimum wage for some people, other people want that raise as well. So, they're going to expect to get a raise. It's called wage compression and eventually it's going to cost businesses a lot of money," Waldman said.
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