Economy

What happened to California’s Fast Food Council?

Despite lofty expectations, it has not met in more than a year.

Sophie Quinton

06:00 AM, May 08, 2026

People walk below an In-N-Out Burger restaurant sign in San Francisco, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

When California leaders in 2023 raised minimum pay for fast food workers and created a Fast Food Council to recommend industry standards, labor groups hailed the council as a potential national model for improving low-wage jobs. 

But so far, the Fast Food Council isn’t living up to those lofty expectations. 

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