Supporters of the campaign are correct that AB 5 “jeopardizes the freedom of hundreds of thousands of Californians” and “threatens the availability” of app-based services, but their ballot initiative is not a good solution. Both the law and ballot initiative are fundamentally flawed in much the same way: Each only increases the problem of government favoritism while hurting workers at the same time.
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