Proposition 12 ‘like a wrecking ball’ to small restaurants

Latino Restaurant Association leader tells House Agriculture Committee the law placed economic pressure on restaurants that were already operating on “razor-thin margins.”

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Roy Graber
July 23, 2025
Witnesses provide testimony during the House Agriculture Committee hearing “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12.”
Witnesses provide testimony during the House Agriculture Committee hearing “An Examination of the Implications of Proposition 12.”
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The executive director of the Latino Restaurant Association (LRA) told members of the House Agriculture Committee that small restaurants, the customers that patronize them, and their cultures have suffered since California’s Proposition 12 law went into effect.

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