How AB5 is undercutting California’s creative sector

When California lawmakers wanted a better deal for Uber and Lyft drivers working long, tedious hours, it was tough to fathom opposition. After all, basic protections like workers’ compensation are a no-brainer for service industry laborers logging full-time days.
Yet with its well-intentioned zeal, our Legislature has cast an inflexible blanket policy that’s now menacing much of California’s economic and cultural lifeblood: the arts.
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