California will be the first state to adopt a $15 minimum wage,but for residents exiled to the Bay Area’s fringes by impossible rents, it may not make a differenceSpending more than three hours in a car each day is not strange for Daniel Gretz. Gretz works as a security guard in Milpitas, and which is in the southern part of California’s Bay Area. Each morning,he gets in the car and drives approximately 97 miles up Route 101 from Greenfield where he lives with his brother’s family.
Gretz had grown up in nearby Cupertino and has over the years seen housing and rental prices sky rocket.
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Source: theguardian.com