[Lockbar]

The up-side is it will disrupt the lives of 23 year old losers who still live at home, never owned a car, and play video games all day. How will they get around? A boom for skate-board shops.

[cnsmom]

This really hurts the elderly and disabled that aren’t safe driving.

[Gen.Blather]

I understand the company’s problem. They have a successful business model. California is saying, no, you can’t use your model, you have to use the one we choose for you. That choice means that Uber and Lyft can no longer exist anywhere. Using the old model, they can’t compete in any way with existing cab companies. One reason they exist at all is because the people who supply their services can only work using the present model. This gives them the flexibility to fit a job into otherwise none profitable cracks in their personal schedules.

[econjack]

CA will eventually pay the price for their legislation, spending, and tax policies. People are leaving CA for more business-friendly states. But, the voters in CA keep putting the same, like-minded, people in office, so I guess it’s what they want. Given enough time, they will be able to hug trees without a single business in sight. Too bad they can’t see the long run cost of doing that.

[eyeamok]

My problem is that these companies are all proud Progressive Democrats. they should suck it up and follow their Public Masters rules

[Thank You Rush]

“”Uber and Lyft drivers use their own cars and work when, where, and how much they want. They have no boss.””

My husband and I owned and ran a flight operation at a Southern CA airport for years and the state tried to do the same thing with all flight instructors back in the ‘70’s and ‘80’s. That was fought by CA pilot organizations and defeated. The same criteria - no one told them when to work or set their hours.

These dolts never miss messing things up if given the chance.

[Lizavetta]

AB5 affected FAR MORE people than drivers. Journalists, musicians, home health workers, photographers, project-based workers in any field, transcribers like me, and a zillion other contracting jobs disappeared overnight.

And barely a whisper about it on the news.

[workerbee]

That's why each company has invested about $30 million to put Proposition 22 on the November ballot. Prop 22 would override AB5 and classify app-based ride-hail drivers and food delivery people like those working for DoorDash and UberEats as independent contractors and not employees.

And if it passes, the state will just run to some Leftist judge who will say, too bad so sad, I overrule this prop as "unconstitutional" (a.k.a. not fascist and therefore unacceptable), sorry voters but nobody cares what you want!

[Impy]

Complete insanity

Opponents of Prop 22 include

KAMALA

Biden

The Teacher’s Union (what business is it of theirs?)