Intended to help workers, Assembly Bill 5 restricts choice

Across the country, it is taken for granted that just a few taps on a smartphone can get you just about anywhere you want to go. Ride-sharing apps like Uber and Lyft have revolutionized urban transportation and it’s easy to forget that this convenience didn’t exist even just 10 years ago.
Now, California is set to return to those days this Friday—the day that Uber and Lyft say they will be forced to suspend operations in the state due to a new state law. The impending