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Rideshare Employee Classification Case Begins In Appellate Court

October 14, 2020 3:08 pmOctober 14, 2020 4:56 pm

On Tuesday, California’s 1st District Court of Appeal began to hear arguments from rideshare groups and the state over whether or not the state can recognize rideshare drivers as employees. The Appellate Court case is only the latest development in...

Quirky Musician and Podcaster Might Have Been AB5’s Most Effective Opponent

September 29, 2020 8:40 amMarch 17, 2022 8:35 pm

One of the most articulate and effective opponents of AB5 has emerged from an unlikely pond. Ari Herstand is, as Van Halen might put it, a “nonstop talker what a rocker.” Combative, hilarious, brutally frank, Herstand is the founder of...

Congressional Candidate C. Antonio Delgado: Self-Made American Immigrant Success Story

June 29, 2020 1:51 pmJune 29, 2020 2:10 pm

This fall’s crop of California GOP candidates is unlike any that came before it. An unprecedented array of diversity has manifested in a pool of contenders that includes plenty of women and every racial background. C. Antonio Delgado is just...

California Atty General To File Injunction to Force Uber/Lyft to Reclassify Drivers as Employees Within Weeks

June 24, 2020 1:11 pmJune 25, 2020 4:04 pm

Last month, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and city attorneys from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, sued Uber and Lyft, claiming the companies wrongfully classified drivers as independent contractors – even as Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), author...

CA Assembly Dem Budget Chair Phil Ting Outed for Extramarital Affair

June 22, 2020 4:29 pmJune 24, 2020 2:52 pm

It was revealed over the weekend that California Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), the budget chairman for the California State Assembly, frequented the dating site, “What’s Your Price?,” carried on a four-year extramarital affair in and out of motels with...

AB 5 Has Lifelong Democrats Voting Red for the First Time

May 18, 2020 8:01 amMay 18, 2020 2:07 pm

Exit polls in the recent CA-25 Congressional race between Democratic Assemblywoman Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia revealed a lot of voters voting red as a protest over Assembly Bill 5, the bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San...

California Democrats Again Kill Fix to AB5

May 15, 2020 10:06 amMay 15, 2020 10:07 am

California’s Senate Republicans introduced a package of bills earlier in the year to fix and/or fully repeal Assembly Bill 5, the bill authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) which has limited Californians’ ability to work as independent contractors and freelancers....