Uber, Lyft Escape California’s Crackdown — but Law Will Continue to Devastate Gig Economy

Voters in California approved Proposition 22 by a wide margin last week, a ballot initiative that would exempt Uber, Lyft, and other ride sharing and delivery providers from having to reclassify their drivers as employees.

Proposition 22 came in response to Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a California law that imposed some of the most significant restrictions on independent contractors in American history.