I totally agree with the comments saying that Uber and others are trying to get employee-level control over people with contractor-level benefits. The guys who drive Uber for 20,30, even 50 hours a week are definitely employees and should be treated as such.

However I'd like to throw in my own personal anecdote. I am a full time software engineer but I am signed up as a Postmates bike deliveryperson on the side. I do ~3 hours of work on Saturdays and Sundays because it's basically paid exercise and I like to explore. I am clearly NOT an employee of Postmates. If new laws are passed, would people like me just be told to go away? I think one of the coolest things about the gig economy is that there are a lot of people like me just taking on flexible employment because it's such an easy way to use idle cycles (no pun intended).