California’s decline under a Democratic monopoly on power is not without its opposition. One of the most important opponents happens to be the best fast-food chain in the country.
In-N-Out Burger is spending at least $500,000 in support of Proposition 36, the fruit of the labors of those in the state trying to repeal the pro-criminal Proposition 47 passed in 2014. Proposition 36 would increase penalties for shoplifting and drug crimes, including those involving fentanyl. Retail chains in California joined with prosecutors to get Proposition 36 on the ballot against the frenzied pro-criminal opposition of state Democrats, even as cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Oakland, California, became less safe.
In-N-Out is one of many joining the fight against crime, about which the chain knows plenty. The chain closed a location for the first time in its 75-year history, shuttering its only Oakland restaurant for the safety of its employees. But crime is not the only issue on which In-N-Out has been pushing back against the California Democratic orthodoxy while trying to maximize the benefits for employees and customers alike.
In-N-Out opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates in 2021 to the point that one location was forced to close temporarily in San Francisco thanks to the city’s anti-science pandemic restrictions ...
