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IIRC, The state passed a law requiring they be treated as employees, Uber and Lyft then spent hundreds of millions astroturfing the repeal campaign and got Californians to approve the repeal which exempts a narrow group of orgs including rideshare companies. So, Californians who spent billions on covering unemployment for folks who were contractors, are again subsidizing corporate profits.
IIRC, The state passed a law requiring they be treated as employees, Uber and Lyft then spent hundreds of millions astroturfing the repeal campaign and got Californians to approve the repeal which exempts a narrow group of orgs including rideshare companies. So, Californians who spent billions on covering unemployment for folks who were contractors, are again subsidizing corporate profits.