Gavin Newsom's restaurant offers $16 per hour starting wage after he signs law requiring $20 minimum for fast food workers

California Governor Gavin Newsom is facing mounting backlash after it was revealed that a restaurant in which he has partial ownership is offering jobs at $16 an hour when the state recently passed a law forcing fast food joints to pay $20 an hour to employees. 



According to a ZipRecruiter job posting from the PlumpJack Cafe in Olympic Valley, California, the eatery is offering a job posting for a part-time busser position at $16 an hour. 



The PlumpJack Cafe is among a group of eateries owned by a company that the California governor started in 1992, according to the New York Post. 

If the busser were to choose to instead work at McDonald's the food service worker would make more than at the sit-down style restaurant. 

A spokesman for the company told the Post, “He has no role in any of the holdings that may be held by the blind trust."

The new law of the $20 minimum applies only to restaurants offering limited sit-down or tabling service such as McDonald's or Wendy's and other classic fast food chains that have at least 60 locations. 

PlumpJack Cafe has four locations and is below the standard of reaching a $20 minimum wage requirement. However, the situation has still drawn criticism against the governor. 

California Republican Assembly Member Joe Patterson took issue with and slammed the governor on X, writing, “I wonder why [Gov. Newsom’s] food businesses don’t pay $20/hour?"

"Live job posting at $16/hr in Olympic Valley. It’s very, very expensive to live there… but he doesn’t do as he tells others and doesn’t pay a living wage."