The California State Legislature passed a $20 minimum wage law for fast-food workers on April 1 to help reduce the burden of a high living cost. Assembly Bill 1228 increases fast food worker’s minimum wage by 25% which provides financial assistance to workers in the food-service industry.

A month after a higher state minimum wage for fast-food workers went into effect, consumers picking up burgers and burritos at chains in the Golden State grapple with prices rising at a faster clip than in other states.

California just raised the minimum wage for the state’s fast food sector workers by $4 to $20. As if on cue, it raised a familiar refrain that those workers would be replaced by technology, such as self-service kiosks.

Wendy’s raised menu prices by around 8% while Chipotle Mexican Grill hiked its prices by approximately 7.5%, according to Kalinowski Equity Research.

One fast food chain left its employees in disbelief when they arrived at work on Monday morning to discover that they no longer had a job. California is attempting to establish a livable minimum wage for fast food workers by raising the bottom line wage from $15 an hour to $20 an hour for fast food chains with more than 60 locations across the United States.

Harsh Ghai — who owns about 180 Burger King, Taco Bell and Popeyes restaurants across California — predicted that he’s also “gonna start to compete with” casual