Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) Archives - Page 2 of 2

California Enacts New Food Delivery App Measures

September 28, 2020 6:21 amSeptember 28, 2020 6:31 am

Governor Newsom recently signed two measures into law that deal with food delivery applications and food safety. The two measures are AB 2149 and AB 3336. The following is an explanation of these bills’ provisions. AB 2149 – Food Delivery...

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...

Carve-Outs or Voter Initiative: What Will Fix AB5?

May 26, 2020 1:49 pmMay 27, 2020 8:43 am

‘Will California Democrats be forgiven for AB5?’ Assembly Bill 5, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), has greatly limited Californians’ ability to work as independent contractors and freelancers. As many as 300 or more industries have been negatively...

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....