LEGISLATOR ADMITS IT ISN'T WORKING

by Bob Walsh

Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) wrote the anti-gig economy law that is now plaguing many people in the formerly great state of California. She is now seeking to modify the law, at least as it applies to journalists. Under the current law if you submit 35 or less articles, photos, or other assignments you can be considered a freelancer. Once you hit 36 in one year, you are no longer a freelancer, you must be carried on the books as an employee. This has, since the law took effect January 1, resulted in several hundred CA "journalists" becoming unemployed.

Minutes before Gonzalez submitted her proposal a CA Republican (there are still a few, they are kept in a zoo for people to stare at) submitted a proposal to suspend AB-5, the anti-gig economy law. He was voted down 55-15.