Golden State governor’s Lake Tahoe cafe advertises job openings at$ 16 an hour
Effective job listings for Newsom’s PlumpJack Cafe, which touts its position as” Lake Tahoe’s leading dining destination”, advertise “busser“, “host“,” server“, and “food sprinter” jobs with$ 16 hourly pay. The restaurant is located steps from Palisades Tahoe—California’s leading mountain resort—and features a full table, good wines including a$ 5, 300 jug of Burgundy, and large- priced entrees. Pan- roasted Norway salmon, for instance, costs$ 49, while the perfect New York band costs$ 67.
Another Newsom- owned restaurant—the Balboa Cafe, located in San Francisco’s popular Marina district—is even hiring. The cafe seeks an “on- visit cocktail site” for$ 18.07 per hour, according to an net posting. The cafe also offers a full bar and an array of luxury items, including a$ 38 charcuterie board,$ 27 wild mushroom risotto,$ 24 “mussels mariniere”, and a$ 38 filet mignon.
The restaurants ‘ getting boom comes as the Californian law requiring fast food restaurants to have minimum wage laws, which took effect on Monday, causes cuts and rate increases. Starting this month, pizza stores will completely fire hundreds of workers, position records show. Burger King and another fast food restaurants complied with the law by raising rates.
Newsom praised the fast food minimum wage mandate, which he signed into law last September, as” a big deal” and an example that the “future happens ]in California ] first”. He also said the “foundational theory” advanced by the rules is “inclusion”.
The wage disparity between Newsom’s and the fast food chains, according to California state assemblyman Joe Patterson ( R ) shows that the governor “does not show any sympathy or concern for his own employees.”
According to Patterson,” I think the right answer is,” We think our people may make the same amount of cash, thanks for bringing it to my interest,” Patterson told the Washington Free Beacon.
The president’s “business and financial assets are held and managed by a blind believe,” according to Newsom campaign spokesman Nathan Click, who denies the criticism of the restaurants ‘ salaries.
That blind trust, however, is run by a family friend, while Newsom’s investment group that controls the restaurants is run by his sister and cousin. The investment group’s philanthropic arm, the PlumpJack Foundation, raises money each year for the Representation Project, Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s nonprofit.
In 2018, Newsom called his restaurants and other businesses “my babies, my life”. According to state records, he sent more than$ 18 000 to his PlumpJack Group for fundraising events prior to his 2022 reelection bid. PlumpJack’s website still features Newsom as its founder and links to his campaign’s fundraising website.
Newsom has a long history of restaurant- related controversies. In 2020, he partied maskless at the French Laundry—an exclusive Napa Valley restaurant—in violation of his own coronavirus protocols.
After a report claimed he pushed for an exemption for bakeries to benefit a donor and former classmate who owned Panera Bread franchises, he also faced criticism for the$ 20 minimum wage law. Newsom denied the allegations.
The legislation was pushed through behind closed doors by the Service Employees International Union, one of California’s most powerful labor organizations, before being rushed to passage just before the legislative session ended last year.
