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Good, this can wait till Covid-19, forest-fires and other urgent matters right now in California have been taken care of.

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Yes. Once those crises are over it's all smooth sailing ahead! There'll be TONS of time for labor law then.

I'm not saying it'll be smooth sailing at all, just that this isn't the right time to cut access given all the other issues that are ongoing.

Tell that to Uber and Lyft.

Tell them what? That they are required to operate in CA no matter the terms? Good luck with that.

I know global warming is a pretty controversial topic on this site, but I expect the frequency and severity of "other issues" to increase in the future. Thus what you're saying is there will never be a right time.

It won't even have to wait till then. November is the Prop 22 ballot. If it fails, I imagine Lyft/Uber will just have to start switching.

By Sept. 4 each defendant must submit a sworn statement from its CEO “confirming that it has developed implementation plans under which, if this court affirms the preliminary injunction and Proposition 22 on the November 2020 ballot fails to pass, the company will be prepared to comply with the preliminary injunction within no more than 30 days after issuance of the remittitur in the appeal.”

From: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Uber-Lyft-win-l...

I and many others have never been as reliant on Uber and Lyft as we have now. I’m fortunate enough to have finances to adapt to this, but a lot of people don’t.

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