Where I am, wait staff are paid too much. They are guaranteed minimum wage ($15.96/hour), and tips are in addition to minimum wage, not in lieu of it because CA

Where I am, wait staff are paid too much. They are guaranteed minimum wage ($15.96/hour), and tips are in addition to minimum wage, not in lieu of it because CA does not provide employers a "tip credit" that would let them offset their employee wage obligations with customer tips. Wait staff, who do the least work in a restaurant, can easily clear 3-4x what the kitchen staff gets, even though the kitchen staff does 90% of the work.