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Minimum wage hike: Cambria restaurants discuss impact amid COVID-19 hardships and last updated 2020-12-31 01:09:37-05 California s minimum wage is going up on January 1. The legislation to gradually raise pay was enacted pre-pandemic, leaving some business owners in a tight spot. It probably couldn t come at a worse time as far as the bottom line is concerned, said Steve Kniffen, General Manager of The Sea Chest Restaurant. Minimum wage for businesses with 25 or more employees will increase from $13 an hour to $14. It s part of the state s long-term minimum wage goal of $15 an hour by 2022. There could be a great argument saying, let s just cool our jets for a year and allow things to kind of settle in, said John Mackinnon, Moonstone Beach Bar & Grill Managing Partner. ....