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Workers are changing. California Legislature must face that reality

Allan Zaremberg, California Chamber of Commerce: The heart of the debate over the gig economy is how can we improve protections for workers, without losing the control and flexibility they value. You can’t have it both ways. Having job security means the employer will schedule your hours. Without that control, you couldn’t get morning coffee if one day all the baristas choose to sleep in.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 6월 25, 2019

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Clean water, gas taxes, contraceptives and gay pride

Cap-and-trade revenue to be used to treat drinking water. Republicans lament gas tax hike. Gig work becomes a campaign issue.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 6월 18, 2019

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Gig economy, the budget, and the weed wars of Santa Barbara

Uber, Lyft join forces to fight Assembly bill. Ink is nearly dry on state budget. Inmates allowed to use marijuana behind bars, sort of.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 6월 13, 2019

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Should public pensions invest in Uber and Lyft? Sure, says the man who pushed to divest in guns

John Chiang says California's public pensions should stay invested in Uber and Lyft to improve worker benefits.

에 의해 Judy Lin • 5월 20, 2019

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Gig economy workers deserve basic protections that come with employee status

IPOs are bringing rideshare companies tens of billions of dollars in investment. But the companies mistreat drivers who are the backbone of their businesses. Thousands of Uber and Lyft drivers are going on strike across California on May 8 to call for basic rights and protections like those afforded through Assembly Bill 5.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 5월 5, 2019

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Gig economy, independent truckers and #MeToo claims

에 의해 Dan Morain • 1월 17, 2019

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My turn: CA’s transportation is broken. The next governor can fix it

California has the potential to create radically different—and vastly better—transportation that will be less expensive for travelers, less costly to taxpayers, less polluting, and less energy- and land-intensive while providing far greater mobility. The next governor will be key to that future.

에 의해 게스트 코멘터리 • 9월 30, 2018

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De León on Kavanaugh, and an EV perk ends

California tightens ZEV carpool decals, de León criticizes Feinstein on Kavanaugh letter, gig economy lawsuits, achievement gap, homeless, women on boards.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 9월 18, 2018

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Scenes from the climate summit, struggling seniors and a quiz

California pledges to reduce transportation emissions, one in five elderly Californians lives in poverty and political pundits predict a blue wave in California.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 9월 14, 2018

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Gig economy, e-scooters, straws and tax breaks

Bird, created in 2017 with venture capital backing, hired a Sacramento lobbyist to push one bill, exempting adults who rent and ride motorized scooters from having to comply with the state’s otherwise strict helmet law.

에 의해 Dan Morain • 8월 24, 2018