California Trucking Association

California’s Draconian AB 5 Continues to Decimate the Careers of Independent Professionals

December 31, 2024 7:17 amDecember 31, 2024 10:54 am

As California’s onerous AB 5 law enters its fifth year of chaos, independent professionals in the (once) Golden State continue to experience disruption and/or decimation of their careers across hundreds of industries and professions, thanks to the freelance-busting policy authored...

Republicans Confront Gov. Newsom’s Advanced Clean Fleets Mandate Following Multiple EV Vehicles’ Lithium Battery Fires

August 22, 2024 2:56 amAugust 22, 2024 2:57 am

Republican Lawmakers from both the California Senate and Assembly increased pressure on Governor Gavin Newsom this week to change up his Advanced Clean Fleets mandate because of multiple electric vehicle fires caused by lithium-ion batteries that occurred in the past...

California Supreme Court Ends Legal Snafu Over Gig Drivers – Upholds Prop. 22

July 26, 2024 10:53 amJuly 26, 2024 10:55 am

In November 2020, California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 22, to exempt all rideshare drivers from being classified as employees. But labor unions and some drivers sued to halt the proposition. Thursday, California’s Supreme Court upheld Proposition 22, allowing drivers at Uber,...

Nebraska & 16 Other States Sue California Over Zero-Emissions Trucking Mandates

May 14, 2024 12:38 pmMay 14, 2024 12:40 pm

In a lawsuit filed on Monday, Nebraska and 16 other states sued the State of California over their “Advanced Clean Fleet” electric vehicle (EV) truck mandates, including laws where only new zero-emissions trucks would be sold in California beginning in...

SFC Columnist Asks ‘Why Not Ignore Private Sector Concerns and let Government Take Over Gig Economy?’

January 31, 2024 2:55 amJanuary 31, 2024 2:56 am

Soleil Ho (they/them) of the San Francisco Chronicle asks, Why not make the Gig economy a public utility? “Labor activists say gig work is unjust; disability advocates say services such as DoorDash, Instacart, Uber and Lyft are essential to independence,”...

California Trucking Assoc. Sues CARB Over Advanced Clean Fleet Regulations

October 19, 2023 2:30 amOctober 19, 2023 2:31 am

The California Trucking Association (CTA), the state’s largest trucking trade association, filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) earlier this week over soon to be enacted Advanced Clean Fleet regulations. The controversy over the CARB deal dates...

Union Sponsored AB 5 Hits Independent Truckers

August 10, 2022 2:30 amAugust 9, 2022 4:31 pm

For four days last month, independent truckers blockaded the Port of Oakland, preventing goods from entering or leaving. Threats of arrest, along with the possibility of personal liability stemming from a lawsuit filed against the protesters by the Port of Oakland were sufficient...