The California Restaurant Association, California Chamber of Commerce, and California Grocers Association oppose the minimum wage increase. They argue that Proposition 32 would compel small businesses to hike prices, contributing to inflation and elevated living costs, ultimately harming working families.

California voters have rejected Proposition 32, a ballot measure that sought to raise the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026, which would have been the highest in the nation. Opponents, including the California Chamber of Commerce,

Prop 32, which would have brought the state’s minimum wage up to $18 per hour, was the first minimum-wage measure to lose at the ballot in almost three decades.