Uber, Lyft spend big, win in California vote about drivers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in California to keep drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections. The titans of the so-called gig economy bankrolled the most expensive ballot measure in state history, which was decided Tuesday. Proposition 22 creates an exemption to a state law to allow drivers to remain classified as independent contractors able to set their own hours. Drivers who suppor