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

Gavin Newsom by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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.

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