Assembly Bill 5’s harms can’t be exempted away, it must be repealed

The top two priorities for the coronavirus pandemic are keeping people safe and minimizing economic damage, in that order.
California’s Assembly Bill 5 is harmful on both counts and should be repealed. Its stated goal is to reclassify many independent contractors as full-time employees. If it worked as planned, those workers would receive higher wages and benefits. But AB5 is not working out that way.
Instead, AB5 is harming food and grocery delivery services that are more important than e