Statement from Attorney General Bonta on Court Ruling Affirming Trump Administration's Illegal Interim Final Rule to Lower Wages for Farmworkers

August 27, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, agpressoffice@doj.ca.govOAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today released a statement after the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California’s ruling that the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) 2025 interim final rule, which implements a significant reduction to the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), was unlawful. The Court found that the rule was arbitrary and capricious and did not meet the good cause standard