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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Wednesday, Sept. 25, 8:10 a.m.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following roughly five hours of debate, the San Jose City Council Tuesday night narrowly voted 6-5 to extend a package of fee breaks for downtown housing developers to encourage new construction through 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters like Mayor Sam Liccardo argued continuing waivers on things like affordable housing impact fees are necessary in a real estate market growing more expensive by the day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These are all folks who have been hunting for financing. It’s not like they’re sitting on their hands. And we haven’t seen a single high-rise tower break ground in nearly two years,” Liccardo said. “So we’ve got a market that is telling us simply that it’s not viable to move forward unless we do something to reduce the cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, several council members balked in the face of criticism from people like Louise Auerhahn, director of Economic and Workforce Policy with \u003ca href=\"https://www.wpusa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Working Partnerships San Jose\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every single time, we’re promised this is the last time. Well, now it’s 2019. We’ve had this temporary subsidy for well over a decade, and while we’ve been running this experiment, has this model worked to produce affordable housing? No!” Auerhahn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vote followed the most contentious reassessment of the incentives in more than a decade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Jose officials first approved the Downtown High Rise Incentive Program before the Great Recession brought development to a screeching halt in late 2007. Since then, the City Council has extended the program both in terms of dates and benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As it stood, the incentive package included a 50%-off discount on park impact fees, as well as two primary construction taxes, and delays payment of those construction fees until the development has tenants in place renting units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>More controversially, downtown developers also get a break on a $17-a-square-foot affordable housing impact fee, if they meet certain criteria designed to spur construction sooner rather than later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City staff calculate that the program can be credited with adding 1,522 units since it began, and an additional 1,043 units in the pipeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>That was then, this is now\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the last two years, Google has launched an expansion on a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101868581/san-jose-city-council-set-to-approve-google-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive scale\u003c/a> near Diridon Station downtown, fueling a local real estate gold rush in a neighborhood that has struggled for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The local chamber of commerce argued this is no time to end the party by allowing construction incentives to lapse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='housing' label='More Coverage']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many of these cranes are here specifically because of the fee reduction program. In the absence of it, the investor risk, the volatility of the markets, actually make it very difficult for these high-rises to pencil out,” said Eddie Truong, director of government and community relations for the\u003ca href=\"https://www.thesvo.com/team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Silicon Valley Organization\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Truong added, “Most people think builders in general have a very large cash reserve to invest in residential high-rises. If you can’t demonstrate with a business plan that you can get a reasonable return on investment, you’re not going to get investor funding or lender financing from the capital markets.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Construction, land and labor costs have been rising in San Jose and sky high rents appear to have hit a ceiling, limiting that potential return on investment. Development costs for high-rise apartments average $651,000 per unit, according to city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/09/19/guest-viewpoint-high-stakes-for-san-joses-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece\u003c/a> published by Silicon Valley Organization’s President & CEO Matthew Mahood argues that developers have to promise at least a 5% profit to secure lender financing. As it happens, a project feasibility study referenced in the agenda item before the San Jose City Council argues the same — that high-rise developments in the downtown core are not generally feasible without the current fee reduction program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo was solidly behind extending the incentives. In a statement released last week, he argued that “Exceedingly high construction costs will prevent any residential builder from getting the financing to build a high-rise in Downtown for several years—despite a housing crisis that screams for more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added, “Either reduce fees and get housing built, or we sit on our hands and hope for some miracle to solve this housing crisis for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775797 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg\" alt=\"One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose's downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose’s downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordable housing advocates skeptical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Google, sensitive to criticism of its role in creating the region’s housing crisis region-wide, has pledged to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 affordable housing units\u003c/a>. But as Truong of the Silicon Valley Organization puts it, “Google alone is not going to solve our housing crisis.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To meet state mandates, San Jose was supposed to build \u003ca href=\"https://www.sanjoseca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/76095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14,231 market-rate homes\u003c/a> between January 2014 and October 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the city is well on its way to meeting the target for market-rate homes, San Jose has permitted\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11723268/details-emerge-on-san-joses-100-million-pledge-to-build-more-affordable-housing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> just a fraction\u003c/a> of its target for affordable housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the average rent for an apartment in San Jose is $2,790, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.rentcafe.com/apartments-for-rent/us/ca/santa-clara-county/san-jose/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rent Cafe\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010, San Jose required that all new residential developments of 20 units or more set aside 15% of those units for sale below market rate. Developers could also pay a fee in lieu of creating affordable units. That 15% figure has become a de facto floor for the discussion that affordable housing advocates are trying to have in downtown San Jose.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a press conference outside City Hall last week, Sandy Perry, president of the \u003ca href=\"https://ahnscc.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County\u003c/a>, called the proposal to extend tax breaks a “tone deaf” handout to wealthy developers. “Our housing policy should not be based on what benefits the profits of millionaire and billionaires,” Perry said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He added, “Our city, and actually our whole state, is in the middle of a huge housing crisis. \u003ca href=\"https://destinationhomesv.org/2019/05/san-jose-42-percent-spike-in-homeless-population/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">42 percent increase\u003c/a> in homelessness in just the last two years in San Jose. The city is doing well enough in achieving its market rate housing goals, but it’s doing \u003ca href=\"http://sjeconomy.com/citys-housing-crisis-workplan-update/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absolutely terribly\u003c/a> in its affordable housing goals. What we’re doing is not working.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Development costs for high-rise apartments average $651,000 per unit, according to city staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/09/19/guest-viewpoint-high-stakes-for-san-joses-high.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece\u003c/a> published by Silicon Valley Organization’s President & CEO Matthew Mahood argues that developers have to promise at least a 5% profit to secure lender financing. As it happens, a project feasibility study referenced in the agenda item before the San Jose City Council argues the same — that high-rise developments in the downtown core are not generally feasible without the current fee reduction program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Liccardo was solidly behind extending the incentives. In a statement released last week, he argued that “Exceedingly high construction costs will prevent any residential builder from getting the financing to build a high-rise in Downtown for several years—despite a housing crisis that screams for more housing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The statement added, “Either reduce fees and get housing built, or we sit on our hands and hope for some miracle to solve this housing crisis for us.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11775797\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11775797 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg\" alt=\"One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose's downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1832x1374.jpg 1832w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1376x1032.jpg 1376w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-1044x783.jpg 1044w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-632x474.jpg 632w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/RS15476_IMG_0887-qut-1920x1440-536x402.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One South Market is one of the newest additions to San Jose’s downtown skyline. Because of a recent Supreme Court ruling, San Jose can still require new developers to set aside some of their units for sale below market value. \u003ccite>(Rachael Myrow/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Affordable housing advocates skeptical\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Google, sensitive to criticism of its role in creating the region’s housing crisis region-wide, has pledged to pay for \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11755545/google-pledges-1-billion-to-help-fight-bay-area-housing-crisis-it-helped-create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5,000 affordable housing units\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cp>Most California voters support stricter data privacy rules but are split on how best to deal with employment classification for gig workers, according to the results of a new poll commissioned by KQED.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When asked about tech companies potentially selling information collected about them, over half of those surveyed said they wanted to know more about how that information is being used and have greater control over what happens to it. The vast majority of respondents also said they expected their personal information to remain private.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11775727 size-full\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1283\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1.png 1283w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1-160x105.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1-800x523.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1-1020x667.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Privacy1-1200x785.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1283px) 100vw, 1283px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on the issue of whether gig workers, such as drivers for Lyft and Uber, should be treated as employees or independent contractors, respondents were less decisive, with nearly half saying they wanted to know where workers stand before weighing in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The online survey of 5,335 likely California voters was conducted from Sept. 12-15 by Bay Area-based polling firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.changeresearch.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Change Research\u003c/a>, in partnership with KQED’s Political Breakdown team. 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Gavin Newsom, will force many companies — including those in the gig economy — to treat their workers as employees rather than independent contractors, allowing them to receive workplace protections like minimum wage, overtime and workers’ compensation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The poll found that 23% of respondents would oppose any proposal that gig companies put on the 2020 ballot — as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash are preparing to do — that would allow them to retain their workers as independent contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The survey also sought to gauge Californians’ opinions about four major Bay Area-based tech companies: Google, Lyft, Uber and Facebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google fared the best, with a net positive rating of +8, while Facebook was, by far, the least favorable of the four, with a net negative rating of -16. Lyft, meanwhile, had a significantly higher rating than its main competitor Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11775729\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1127\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability.png 1127w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability-160x55.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability-800x274.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/PNG-California-Favorability-1020x349.png 1020w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1127px) 100vw, 1127px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s clear that Californians want to hit the reset button on their relationship with Big Tech,” said Pat Reilly, co-founder of Change Research. “Californians want public engagement about what’s fair for workers and gig companies — the question is whether it’s through executive action or the ballot. 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She was arrested and charged with assault, vandalism and disrupting the business at hand in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP cordoned off the Senate, forcing lawmakers, media and others to move into a committee room to finish its business hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are some of the highlights from this legislative session, including bills that have already been signed into law, are awaiting signature or are in limbo until next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Children’s Issues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 378:\u003c/strong> In-home child care providers would be allowed to unionize under this measure. Supporters said unionizing could give child care workers a voice and encourage them to stay in the industry. The bill has made it through the Legislature. Several similar bills have either died or been vetoed by governors in the past. But supporters are hoping this measure will be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 337/AB 1092:\u003c/strong> Lawmakers sent Newsom two bills aimed at making sure more low-income kids in California benefit from child support payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, a quarter of a million California families only receive $50 a month in child support payments, even if the non-custodial parent is paying hundreds of dollars more each month in child support. This happens when a family is also receiving government assistance, like welfare or Medi-Cal. The government takes the rest of the money to repay the public for the cost of those safety net programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And parents that fail to pay their required child support on time see huge interest added to those debts — 10% a year. In addition to the crippling debt that racks up, parents can also lose their driver’s license, or go to jail if they fall too far behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bills now on Newsom’s desk would change that: Oakland Sen. Nancy Skinner’s SB337 will increase the amount of child support paid to families on welfare assistance. Families with one child will get $100 a month under the bill; families with two or more kids will receive $200 a month. And AB 1092 will end the practice of adding interest to child support debt. Both bills, if signed by Newsom, will take effect in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Health\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 24:\u003c/strong> State lawmakers have passed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11772337/california-again-considers-making-abortion-pills-available-at-public-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a> that would require student health centers at all 34 state campuses to provide medication abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the measure becomes law, it will be the first of its kind in the U.S. The bill’s supporters say they want to remove the obstacles women face accessing medical abortion off campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a consortium of women’s groups that support abortion rights has promised to pay for all the required ultrasound equipment and upfront training costs of providing the abortion pill on campus, eventually universities would likely need to dip into tax dollars or student fees for ongoing costs — which abortion opponents object to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 276/SB 714:\u003c/strong> California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11773308/anti-vaccine-protesters-swarm-capitol-as-lawmakers-pass-bill-limiting-medical-exemptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pair of bills\u003c/a> into law earlier this week to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for schoolchildren’s vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news laws would create state oversight of medical exemptions for vaccines required by most schools and day care centers in California. Under them, the state would begin collecting medical exemptions electronically by Jan. 1, 2021. But health department officials would review them only when a school’s immunization rate falls below 95% or when a doctor writes more than five medical exemptions per year (beginning in 2020).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The laws would also allow officials to revoke any medical exemptions written by doctors who have faced disciplinary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since being introduced last year, hundreds of parents have protested the legislation, insisting it would disrupt confidential doctor-patient relationships and scare doctors from writing new exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 343:\u003c/strong> Under legislation signed into law last week, Kaiser Permanente will have to share more information — like other insurers do — on revenue and expenses at each of its facilities, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article234806097.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacramento Bee\u003c/a> reported. The legislation was introduced on behalf of Kaiser’s largest union, the Service Employees International Union, which has been in contract negotiations for roughly a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1482\u003c/strong> marks the biggest victory for California renter protections in decades. It would create a statewide limit on rent increases of 5% plus inflation, and requires that landlords provide a “just cause” when evicting tenants who have been renting for a year. The limits on rent hikes don’t go nearly as far as local rent control laws in places like San Francisco and Oakland, but it would cover millions of Californians whose units don’t already have such protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure exempts units under 15 years old, but it was opposed by real estate agents who argued that the legislation would discourage construction of rental housing. Newsom has committed to signing the bill, which will sunset after 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1487\u003c/strong>, which has been sent to Newsom, would allow for a Bay Area regional ballot measure to raise money for affordable housing. Previous measures on ballots in the nine counties have raised taxes to pay for transportation and bay restoration. The executive board of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) would decide what form a potential revenue-raising measure would take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 330\u003c/strong>, which has been sent to Newsom, would prohibit local governments from downzoning by either placing a moratorium on development or lowering the number of housing units permitted. It also would speed up the permitting process for development. The provision sunsets after five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Law Enforcement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 22\u003c/strong> requires prompt testing of newly collected rape kits in Califonia. Under the bill, new rape kits must be submitted for testing within 20 days and actually tested with 120 days. The bill’s author, Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) says the measure would help solve crimes and prevent testing backlogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Survivors should never have to wait years or even decades for their rape kits to be tested and it is outrageous that collected evidence could ever sit on a shelf untested,” Leyva said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 230 \u003c/strong>is meant to reduce the use of force among law enforcement agencies. Governor Newsom has signed it into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law requires agencies to maintain a policy providing guidelines on the use of force. That policy must also include de-escalation techniques and other alternatives to force, and specific guidelines for when deadly force can be used. In addition, the agencies’ policies must include a way to evaluate and review all use- of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 230\u003c/strong> is meant to be used in conjunction with \u003cstrong>AB 392\u003c/strong>, which Newsom signed into law in August. It states law enforcement can use deadly force only when “necessary,” rather than just “reasonable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 61\u003c/strong> would expand the scope of people able to request a gun violence restraining order against a person they believe is a danger to themselves or others. Currently, only immediate family members and police are allowed to make a request. This measure would allow employers, co-workers, schoolteachers and employees to request a restraining order as well. The legislation has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1215\u003c/strong> places a three-year ban on the use of facial recognition technology on body cameras by the state and local law enforcement agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was supported by the ACLU, which said the technology is not ready for prime time. To prove its point, the ACLU entered photos of all 120 state legislators into a database of mugshots. The software incorrectly identified 26 of the lawmakers as criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Oakland have already passed similar legislation. The bill has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prisons\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 32\u003c/strong> would ban the use of private for-profit prisons and detention centers in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill author Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) said there’s no room for the facilities in the state. “California should not be home to companies that are profiteering from the tearing of innocent children from their families. This is inhumane and goes against who we are as Californians and Americans,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the measure would reduce the state’s options for dealing with prison overcrowding and put more pressure on local jails to hold dangerous inmates. The legislation has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 132,\u003c/strong> which would allow transgender prisoners in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to be housed according to their gender identity, and not their sex assigned at birth, will be carried over to the next session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California would be the third state in the nation to pass such legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, said the coalition supporting the legislation had decided to make it a two-year bill so they could “come to a solution that works for” the community, CDCR and Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transgender people in our prison system are among the most marginalized people in society, and we must protect them,” he said Friday in a statement. “Over the fall recess, I will join community leaders to visit several state prisons to meet with transgender people who are incarcerated there. This listening tour will help us craft the best legislation possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 136\u003c/strong> is part of a larger push in California to roll back tough on crime laws that helped pack prisons and jails to the brim and resulted in ballooning corrections spending in the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would end the practice of automatically adding an extra year to a defendant’s sentence if they had previously served time for a felony. Wiener said 11,000 people currently in prison have this extra year tacked on at a cost of $80,000 a year. State officials estimate that the change would save taxpayers $80 million a year. The legislation has passed the Legislature and is heading to the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Environment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 792\u003c/strong> would establish a minimum level of recycled content – 50% – in plastic bottles by 2035. On Monday, Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced another bill, \u003cstrong>AB 54\u003c/strong>, to bring temporary relief to cities feeling the bite from the sudden closure of recycling centers across the state. The bill provides $10 million for recycling centers and gives grocers a reprieve from paying some recycling fees. Both bills passed the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 1\u003c/strong> is aimed at blunting any weakening of federal environmental laws in California by the Trump Administration. It was sent to Gov. Newsom early Saturday morning with strong backing from environmental groups, despite vigorous objections from Sen. Dianne Feinstein and some water groups who warned against creating two sets of environmental standards. If signed by the governor (or allowed to take effect without his signature) it would replace any federal environmental regulation (Clean Power Plan, Endangered Species Act, etc.) with a state alternative.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1080 and SB 54:\u003c/strong> The legislative session ended without passage of the bills, which would have enacted the strongest plastic pollution rules in the U.S. The bills are eligible to be considered next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan required plastics manufacturers to take responsibility for the fate of their products — from coffee cup lids to takeout boxes to plastic packaging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Businesses would have had to ensure that plastic forks, for example, are recyclable or face a potential ban. If the bill had passed, all of the state’s single-use plastic utensils would need to be recyclable or compostable by 2030, and companies must reduce waste from plastic packaging by 75%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Wildfires\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 160:\u003c/strong> This bill mandates that counties include “cultural competence” into emergency plans. It’s partially a response to elderly and non-English-speaking residents who missed emergency alerts during the state’s recent wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which has been sent to Newsom for his signature, calls for local communities to hold public forums that represent residents of many backgrounds when counties plan their emergency protocols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 520\u003c/strong> would give utilities like PG&E the designation of “provider of last resort” in the areas they serve. Utilities already enjoy that privilege in practice, but the law sponsored by Sen. Robert Hertzberg would enshrine it in the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the bill could limit the options that cities and counties have to wrest control from utilities and run them municipally, and limit opportunities for community choice aggregation just as they are starting to thrive. The legislation has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Other Notable Bills\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 206:\u003c/strong> NBA icon LeBron James threw his weight behind SB 206, the “Fair Pay to Play” bill by East Bay Sen. Nancy Skinner that would allow student-athletes at all four-year colleges in California to sign endorsement deals and receive compensation for the use of their names, images or likenesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But NCAA President Mark Emmert wrote in a letter to Newsom that signing the legislation could make it “impossible to host fair national championships.” He also implied that if the bill became law, athletes at California schools could be barred from competing in NCAA national championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the Senate and the Assembly passed the bill without any opposition. Now — will LeBron be there for the bill signing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 44: \u003c/strong>Anti-fur advocates have long sought a ban on killing animals for their fur. And if Newsom signs this bill, which he said he will in a tweet, California will become the first state in the nation to ban the creation of new fur products. Republican critics said the state was once again telling Californians what they can and cannot do (the nanny state argument) and that it was disrespectful to Native Americans, whose cultures value fur. The mink, rabbit and coyote communities are no doubt pleased.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1505\u003c/strong> seeks to more closely regulate California’s 1,300 charter schools. It would allow school districts to consider the impact to the community and the neighborhood schools when reviewing applications for new or expanded charter schools. It would require charter school teachers to be credentialed and establishes a two-year moratorium on non-classroom based charter schools. The legislation has been sent to Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 313:\u003c/strong> Another victory for furry citizens of California, this bill would ban the use of wild animals in circus acts, including bears, elephants, tigers and monkeys. If signed by Newsom, California will become the third state after New Jersey and Hawaii to enact such a ban.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The final day of session for the California State Legislature was disrupted late Friday afternoon when a woman in the Senate gallery \u003ca href=\"https://www.apnews.com/0ff009de977741e0abdd8568d9d80a29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tossed\u003c/a> what the California Highway Patrol said was a substance that “appeared to be blood” onto the Senate floor while yelling “That’s for the dead babies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>East Bay Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) said the liquid landed on his head and splashed onto five other senators.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The woman, identified as 43-year-old Rebecca Dalelio of Santa Cruz County, is linked to some of the anti-vaccine protesters demonstrating in recent weeks over the passage of Senate Bills 276 and 714 aimed at tightening up medical exemptions for children’s vaccines. She was arrested and charged with assault, vandalism and disrupting the business at hand in the Senate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The CHP cordoned off the Senate, forcing lawmakers, media and others to move into a committee room to finish its business hours later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are some of the highlights from this legislative session, including bills that have already been signed into law, are awaiting signature or are in limbo until next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Children’s Issues\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 378:\u003c/strong> In-home child care providers would be allowed to unionize under this measure. Supporters said unionizing could give child care workers a voice and encourage them to stay in the industry. The bill has made it through the Legislature. Several similar bills have either died or been vetoed by governors in the past. But supporters are hoping this measure will be signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 337/AB 1092:\u003c/strong> Lawmakers sent Newsom two bills aimed at making sure more low-income kids in California benefit from child support payments.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, a quarter of a million California families only receive $50 a month in child support payments, even if the non-custodial parent is paying hundreds of dollars more each month in child support. This happens when a family is also receiving government assistance, like welfare or Medi-Cal. The government takes the rest of the money to repay the public for the cost of those safety net programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And parents that fail to pay their required child support on time see huge interest added to those debts — 10% a year. In addition to the crippling debt that racks up, parents can also lose their driver’s license, or go to jail if they fall too far behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two bills now on Newsom’s desk would change that: Oakland Sen. Nancy Skinner’s SB337 will increase the amount of child support paid to families on welfare assistance. Families with one child will get $100 a month under the bill; families with two or more kids will receive $200 a month. And AB 1092 will end the practice of adding interest to child support debt. Both bills, if signed by Newsom, will take effect in 2022.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Health\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 24:\u003c/strong> State lawmakers have passed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11772337/california-again-considers-making-abortion-pills-available-at-public-colleges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bill\u003c/a> that would require student health centers at all 34 state campuses to provide medication abortions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the measure becomes law, it will be the first of its kind in the U.S. The bill’s supporters say they want to remove the obstacles women face accessing medical abortion off campus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While a consortium of women’s groups that support abortion rights has promised to pay for all the required ultrasound equipment and upfront training costs of providing the abortion pill on campus, eventually universities would likely need to dip into tax dollars or student fees for ongoing costs — which abortion opponents object to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 276/SB 714:\u003c/strong> California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11773308/anti-vaccine-protesters-swarm-capitol-as-lawmakers-pass-bill-limiting-medical-exemptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pair of bills\u003c/a> into law earlier this week to crack down on doctors who write fraudulent medical exemptions for schoolchildren’s vaccinations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The news laws would create state oversight of medical exemptions for vaccines required by most schools and day care centers in California. Under them, the state would begin collecting medical exemptions electronically by Jan. 1, 2021. But health department officials would review them only when a school’s immunization rate falls below 95% or when a doctor writes more than five medical exemptions per year (beginning in 2020).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The laws would also allow officials to revoke any medical exemptions written by doctors who have faced disciplinary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since being introduced last year, hundreds of parents have protested the legislation, insisting it would disrupt confidential doctor-patient relationships and scare doctors from writing new exemptions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 343:\u003c/strong> Under legislation signed into law last week, Kaiser Permanente will have to share more information — like other insurers do — on revenue and expenses at each of its facilities, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article234806097.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sacramento Bee\u003c/a> reported. The legislation was introduced on behalf of Kaiser’s largest union, the Service Employees International Union, which has been in contract negotiations for roughly a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Housing\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1482\u003c/strong> marks the biggest victory for California renter protections in decades. It would create a statewide limit on rent increases of 5% plus inflation, and requires that landlords provide a “just cause” when evicting tenants who have been renting for a year. The limits on rent hikes don’t go nearly as far as local rent control laws in places like San Francisco and Oakland, but it would cover millions of Californians whose units don’t already have such protections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measure exempts units under 15 years old, but it was opposed by real estate agents who argued that the legislation would discourage construction of rental housing. Newsom has committed to signing the bill, which will sunset after 10 years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1487\u003c/strong>, which has been sent to Newsom, would allow for a Bay Area regional ballot measure to raise money for affordable housing. Previous measures on ballots in the nine counties have raised taxes to pay for transportation and bay restoration. The executive board of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) would decide what form a potential revenue-raising measure would take.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 330\u003c/strong>, which has been sent to Newsom, would prohibit local governments from downzoning by either placing a moratorium on development or lowering the number of housing units permitted. It also would speed up the permitting process for development. The provision sunsets after five years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Law Enforcement\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 22\u003c/strong> requires prompt testing of newly collected rape kits in Califonia. Under the bill, new rape kits must be submitted for testing within 20 days and actually tested with 120 days. The bill’s author, Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) says the measure would help solve crimes and prevent testing backlogs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Survivors should never have to wait years or even decades for their rape kits to be tested and it is outrageous that collected evidence could ever sit on a shelf untested,” Leyva said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 230 \u003c/strong>is meant to reduce the use of force among law enforcement agencies. Governor Newsom has signed it into law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new law requires agencies to maintain a policy providing guidelines on the use of force. That policy must also include de-escalation techniques and other alternatives to force, and specific guidelines for when deadly force can be used. In addition, the agencies’ policies must include a way to evaluate and review all use- of-force incidents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 230\u003c/strong> is meant to be used in conjunction with \u003cstrong>AB 392\u003c/strong>, which Newsom signed into law in August. It states law enforcement can use deadly force only when “necessary,” rather than just “reasonable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 61\u003c/strong> would expand the scope of people able to request a gun violence restraining order against a person they believe is a danger to themselves or others. Currently, only immediate family members and police are allowed to make a request. This measure would allow employers, co-workers, schoolteachers and employees to request a restraining order as well. The legislation has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 1215\u003c/strong> places a three-year ban on the use of facial recognition technology on body cameras by the state and local law enforcement agencies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill was supported by the ACLU, which said the technology is not ready for prime time. To prove its point, the ACLU entered photos of all 120 state legislators into a database of mugshots. The software incorrectly identified 26 of the lawmakers as criminals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco and Oakland have already passed similar legislation. The bill has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Prisons\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 32\u003c/strong> would ban the use of private for-profit prisons and detention centers in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill author Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) said there’s no room for the facilities in the state. “California should not be home to companies that are profiteering from the tearing of innocent children from their families. This is inhumane and goes against who we are as Californians and Americans,” Bonta said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics say the measure would reduce the state’s options for dealing with prison overcrowding and put more pressure on local jails to hold dangerous inmates. The legislation has been sent to Newsom for his signature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 132,\u003c/strong> which would allow transgender prisoners in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to be housed according to their gender identity, and not their sex assigned at birth, will be carried over to the next session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California would be the third state in the nation to pass such legislation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill’s sponsor, Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, said the coalition supporting the legislation had decided to make it a two-year bill so they could “come to a solution that works for” the community, CDCR and Newsom.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Transgender people in our prison system are among the most marginalized people in society, and we must protect them,” he said Friday in a statement. “Over the fall recess, I will join community leaders to visit several state prisons to meet with transgender people who are incarcerated there. This listening tour will help us craft the best legislation possible.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 136\u003c/strong> is part of a larger push in California to roll back tough on crime laws that helped pack prisons and jails to the brim and resulted in ballooning corrections spending in the Golden State.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would end the practice of automatically adding an extra year to a defendant’s sentence if they had previously served time for a felony. Wiener said 11,000 people currently in prison have this extra year tacked on at a cost of $80,000 a year. State officials estimate that the change would save taxpayers $80 million a year. The legislation has passed the Legislature and is heading to the governor.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Environment\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 792\u003c/strong> would establish a minimum level of recycled content – 50% – in plastic bottles by 2035. On Monday, Assemblyman Phil Ting introduced another bill, \u003cstrong>AB 54\u003c/strong>, to bring temporary relief to cities feeling the bite from the sudden closure of recycling centers across the state. The bill provides $10 million for recycling centers and gives grocers a reprieve from paying some recycling fees. Both bills passed the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 1\u003c/strong> is aimed at blunting any weakening of federal environmental laws in California by the Trump Administration. It was sent to Gov. Newsom early Saturday morning with strong backing from environmental groups, despite vigorous objections from Sen. Dianne Feinstein and some water groups who warned against creating two sets of environmental standards. 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If the bill had passed, all of the state’s single-use plastic utensils would need to be recyclable or compostable by 2030, and companies must reduce waste from plastic packaging by 75%.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>Wildfires\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 160:\u003c/strong> This bill mandates that counties include “cultural competence” into emergency plans. It’s partially a response to elderly and non-English-speaking residents who missed emergency alerts during the state’s recent wildfires.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill, which has been sent to Newsom for his signature, calls for local communities to hold public forums that represent residents of many backgrounds when counties plan their emergency protocols.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>SB 520\u003c/strong> would give utilities like PG&E the designation of “provider of last resort” in the areas they serve. Utilities already enjoy that privilege in practice, but the law sponsored by Sen. 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Nancy Skinner that would allow student-athletes at all four-year colleges in California to sign endorsement deals and receive compensation for the use of their names, images or likenesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But NCAA President Mark Emmert wrote in a letter to Newsom that signing the legislation could make it “impossible to host fair national championships.” He also implied that if the bill became law, athletes at California schools could be barred from competing in NCAA national championships.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nonetheless, the Senate and the Assembly passed the bill without any opposition. Now — will LeBron be there for the bill signing?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>AB 44: \u003c/strong>Anti-fur advocates have long sought a ban on killing animals for their fur. And if Newsom signs this bill, which he said he will in a tweet, California will become the first state in the nation to ban the creation of new fur products. 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"content": "\u003cp>Doctors, real estate agents and hairdressers can keep their independent contractor status. But not truckers, commercial janitors, nail salon workers, physical therapists and — perhaps most significantly — gig economy workers, all of whom will gain the rights and benefits of employees in California under sweeping workplace legislation passed Wednesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom has committed to signing AB 5, which cleared the Assembly 56-15, a challenge both to the longstanding trend toward outsourcing labor and to the business model of companies such as Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, who have threatened a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/08/with-no-carveout-in-hand-uber-lyft-doordash-pledge-90-million-to-california-ballot-fight/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$90 million\u003c/a> fight at the ballot box.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once signed, the measure will likely upend longstanding employment practices about how workers should be treated, particularly in today’s gig economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/6736f21f-4008-4baa-9cfd-b5ca2d6667d2?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's impacted\" width=\"550\" height=\"1291\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With one clear test across our state labor laws, we will raise the standards for millions of workers and ensure they gain access to critical rights and benefits,” said Sen. Maria Elena Durazo, D-Los Angeles, who presented the bill in the Senate on Tuesday night. “We can make California the global leader in protections for gig workers, janitors, construction workers and so many working people who can’t even pay their rent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From the beginning, the bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, a Democrat from San Diego and former labor organizer, made clear her goal was to improve wages, workplace standards and expand the right to collective bargaining at a time of growing income inequality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation, she insists, is needed to establish a state standard following a\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2018/08/companies-beg-for-relief-from-pro-labor-gig-worker-ruling/\"> landmark 2018 state Supreme Court decision. \u003c/a>The ruling created a strict test for classifying independent contractors, with the highest hurdle being that the work performed must be outside the core of the company’s business.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In shifting to employee status, companies would have to offer basic worker protections such as guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, contributions to Social Security and Medicare, unemployment and disability insurance as well as workers’ compensation, sick leave and family leave. Workers could also get reimbursed for mileage and maintenance of their vehicles, which doesn’t happen now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If approved, the bill will take effect in January and would give the state attorney general and large cities the right to sue companies that don’t comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"related coverage\" tag=\"ab-5\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 homes in on many of the industries targeted by labor: gig workers; big-rig, Amazon and other truck drivers; and low-wage services ranging from janitors to home health aides. Unlicensed nail technicians, language interpreters, \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ab5-could-crush-independent-music-in-california-guest-column-1203322730/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">musicians\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737567/strippers-clash-over-employment-status-in-dueling-l-a-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strippers\u003c/a> and even \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/school-bond-breaking-up-with-pge-trade-war-stephon-clark-and-rabbis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rabbis\u003c/a> could be impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, multiple professions received \"carve-outs.\" Under the final version of the bill, doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, insurance agents, real estate agents, hair stylists and barbers received exemptions, as did travel agents, graphics designers and grant writers. So too are licensed cosmetologists and barbers that set their own rates and schedules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Commercial fisherman are also exempt until 2023. Tow truck drivers affiliated with the American Automobile Association got a carve-out as well. And freelance writers and photographers can continue to work as contractors provided they don’t submit more than 35 submissions to an outlet in a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s pushback against the gig economy intensifies pressure on Silicon Valley flagships like Lyft and Uber, companies that were already \u003ca href=\"https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/03/uber-and-lyft-stock-close-at-record-lows-as-investor-skepticism-grows.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trading below their IPO share prices\u003c/a> amid investor concerns about the difficulty they’ve had turning a profit. Uber cut 400 people from its marketing team in July, reported a quarterly loss of $5.2 billion in August and sent layoff notices to another 400-plus workers this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Wednesday, Uber’s chief legal officer, Tony West, said in a press call that the company plans to fight the tougher employment test once AB 5 takes effect next year. “We still may pass the test,” he said. “We believe we can pass the harder test.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But concerns around basic worker protections also have become pressing in California, where one worker in three earns less than $15 an hour and the poverty rate hovers above 18% when cost of living is taken into account.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aside from the philosophical questions around AB 5, the state estimates it loses about $7 billion a year in payroll taxes due to worker misclassification, revenue that could be supporting schools, roads and other public services. Supporters of the bill argue that by avoiding unemployment insurance taxes and workers’ compensation premiums, businesses shift the burden to the state — and its taxpayers — when workers get laid off, get sick or get injured on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents warned that the bill would invite trial lawyers to file frivolous lawsuits against thousands of California businesses and called the bill a blatant power grab by big labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill is the union caucus’ main event of the year,” said Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, who held up an exemption request form, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/legislators-return-the-future-of-work-recycling-crisis-ucs-shrouded-side-door-and-segregated-schools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by CalMatters\u003c/a>, that labor groups had been presenting to industry advocates seeking a carve-out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries as varied as trucking and health care also \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back\u003c/a>, arguing that the legislation would rewrite the rules for independent workers whose status has worked for them for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 5 does not take into account the more than 70,000 California truckers who have built their business around the independent owner-operator model, invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in their trucks and have made the decision to run their own businesses,” Shawn Yadon, CEO of the California Trucking Association, said before the bill passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals, too, are worried the bill will not only cause confusion but may have the unintended consequence of delaying patient services. Gail Blanchard-Saiger, vice president of labor and employment at the California Hospital Association, said although doctors, psychologists and podiatrists are exempt from AB 5 and hospitals employ more than 90% of their workforce, many medical professionals such as physical therapists and certified registered nurse anesthetists are contracted at small and rural hospitals where volume is low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact on the hospital for these health professionals is probably a delay in services and in particular rural communities maybe a reduction in services,” said Blanchard-Saiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/0bd989ed-c681-49aa-bb02-7e2149aa76b5?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's exempt\" width=\"550\" height=\"1610\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other health professionals not exempt under AB 5: occupational therapist, speech therapist, optometrist, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, radiation therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social workers, respiratory therapists, audiology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final weeks of the legislative session, gig companies unsuccessfully campaigned heavily for a new, first-in-the-nation framework that would allow their workers to remain independent while offering a wage floor and some kind of bargaining tool. And on Tuesday, Newsom told The Wall Street Journal that he is still talking to Lyft and Uber “and regardless of what happens with AB 5, I am committed, at least, to continuing those negotiations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Chronicle \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Uber-circulates-new-gig-work-bill-as-alternative-14426247.php?utm_campaign=CMS%20Sharing%20Tools%20(Premium)&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported\u003c/a> potential legislation calling for a new category of workers — to be known as “network drivers” — to cover rideshare and delivery service drivers, guaranteeing at least 1.27 times minimum wage, reimbursement of 30 cents a mile and contributing 4% to a Drivers Benefits Fund to purchase workers compensation insurance and other benefits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber and Lyft say the codification of the Dynamex decision — that established a three-part test for certifying contractors — will force them to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/what-happens-to-uber-and-lyft-drivers-once-ab-5-passes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundamentally change\u003c/a> their hiring practices. It likely means the rideshare industry will take on fewer drivers and assign shifts, giving drivers less flexibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Labor representatives called it a scare tactic and said nothing prevents companies from maintaining flexibility for workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During debate before the Senate vote, Republicans sought to include hostile amendments aimed at expanding exemptions for newspapers, physical therapists, the timber industry and more. Each was tabled by Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gonzalez, however, did agree to exempt the newspaper industry from converting carriers for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While I personally disagree with this delay, I’m willing to allow the newspaper industry the additional year to comply if it means those delivery drivers and nearly a million other misclassified workers are provided the minimum wage, benefits and workplace rights of Assembly Bill 5,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few industries did get the exemption they sought, such as builders and contractors. 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Unlicensed nail technicians, language interpreters, \u003ca href=\"https://variety.com/2019/music/news/ab5-could-crush-independent-music-in-california-guest-column-1203322730/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">musicians\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737567/strippers-clash-over-employment-status-in-dueling-l-a-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strippers\u003c/a> and even \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/school-bond-breaking-up-with-pge-trade-war-stephon-clark-and-rabbis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rabbis\u003c/a> could be impacted.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, multiple professions received \"carve-outs.\" Under the final version of the bill, doctors, dentists, lawyers, architects, engineers, accountants, insurance agents, real estate agents, hair stylists and barbers received exemptions, as did travel agents, graphics designers and grant writers. 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Supporters of the bill argue that by avoiding unemployment insurance taxes and workers’ compensation premiums, businesses shift the burden to the state — and its taxpayers — when workers get laid off, get sick or get injured on the job.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents warned that the bill would invite trial lawyers to file frivolous lawsuits against thousands of California businesses and called the bill a blatant power grab by big labor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This bill is the union caucus’ main event of the year,” said Sen. Jeff Stone, R-Temecula, who held up an exemption request form, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/newsletter/legislators-return-the-future-of-work-recycling-crisis-ucs-shrouded-side-door-and-segregated-schools/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by CalMatters\u003c/a>, that labor groups had been presenting to industry advocates seeking a carve-out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Industries as varied as trucking and health care also \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/06/california-dynamex-gig-worker-classification-independent-contractors-uber-lyft-strippers-truckers-freelancers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pushed back\u003c/a>, arguing that the legislation would rewrite the rules for independent workers whose status has worked for them for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AB 5 does not take into account the more than 70,000 California truckers who have built their business around the independent owner-operator model, invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in their trucks and have made the decision to run their own businesses,” Shawn Yadon, CEO of the California Trucking Association, said before the bill passed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hospitals, too, are worried the bill will not only cause confusion but may have the unintended consequence of delaying patient services. Gail Blanchard-Saiger, vice president of labor and employment at the California Hospital Association, said although doctors, psychologists and podiatrists are exempt from AB 5 and hospitals employ more than 90% of their workforce, many medical professionals such as physical therapists and certified registered nurse anesthetists are contracted at small and rural hospitals where volume is low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The impact on the hospital for these health professionals is probably a delay in services and in particular rural communities maybe a reduction in services,” said Blanchard-Saiger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://e.infogram.com/0bd989ed-c681-49aa-bb02-7e2149aa76b5?src=embed\" title=\"AB 5: Who's exempt\" width=\"550\" height=\"1610\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the other health professionals not exempt under AB 5: occupational therapist, speech therapist, optometrist, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, radiation therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, marriage and family therapist, licensed clinical social workers, respiratory therapists, audiology.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the final weeks of the legislative session, gig companies unsuccessfully campaigned heavily for a new, first-in-the-nation framework that would allow their workers to remain independent while offering a wage floor and some kind of bargaining tool. 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Unless it’s neutralized by the state Legislature, which is wrapping up its 2018-2019 session.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the law, written in the spirit of tougher European regulations, any company doing business in California has to reveal what personal information they have collected about any state resident — upon request.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the CCPA goes into effect, and individuals and reporters will go to companies and say, ‘What do you know about me?’ I think that will be a game changer,” said Mary Stone Ross, an expert in consumer privacy who co-authored the law.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ross and her allies are betting that, for some companies, the very thought they’d have to disclose what they’re collecting if consumers ask might prove a deterrent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If all of a sudden it’s easy for me to find out that they’re collecting pictures of my children, maybe I won’t be so inclined to use them,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But how much of a game changer the law will be is up for debate.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Room for Interpretation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The CCPA was rushed through Sacramento last year: inside a week, with no hearings. California lawmakers and lobbyists on all sides agreed at the time there would be tweaks this year, but of course, they disagreed on what they should be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside tag='data-privacy' label='More on Data Privacy']Privacy advocates including the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aclu.org/issues/privacy-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Civil Liberties Union\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.commonsensemedia.org/about-us/news/press-releases/california-becomes-first-state-to-strengthen-consumer-data-privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Sense Media\u003c/a> and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eff.org/issues/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Electronic Frontier Foundation\u003c/a> want to tighten the language. Business interests want to loosen it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tuesday was the deadline for state lawmakers to play with a host of bills, some that include amendments to the CCPA, before they come up for a floor vote. Industry groups trying to weaken the act by futzing with its language succeeded in stripping out consumers’ right to opt out of data collection without then having to pay more to receive the same services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You can imagine, for instance, easily deciding to quit Instagram if opting out of data collection meant you had to pay for an account. But you may be less likely to opt in to more expensive phone service or home insurance in order to opt out of data tracking.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>You’re the Product, Whether or Not You Paid for the Service\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Companies big and small make money selling your data, or hope to in the future, whether you pay for their services or not: phone companies, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11771923/connected-cars-race-to-market-raising-cybersecurity-fears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">carmakers\u003c/a>, that stupid app you downloaded Saturday night. California’s Privacy Act doesn’t restrict any of this. The law as it stands now only provides consumers the right to know what data’s being collected, sold and sometimes given away in a data breach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Companies of all sorts have been careful to let industry groups take the lead in making what could be considered an unpopular case.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, a group called \u003ca href=\"https://keepinternetfree.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Keep the Internet Free\u003c/a>, which is a project of the \u003ca href=\"https://internetassociation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Association \u003c/a>— a trade group for tech companies like Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter, has been geo-targeting people in Sacramento with online ads like this one in recent weeks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPBnxj2vDx4]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech companies asked reporters to contact industry organizations about the CCPA; the groups didn’t respond to KQED requests for comment.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Fight Going Forward\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Privacy advocates don’t anticipate further changes to the language of the act this year. But next year, both sides will continue to do battle while business interests work to weaken or kill similar bills in Washington D.C. — even as they claim that a \u003ca href=\"https://www.zdnet.com/article/51-tech-ceos-send-open-letter-to-congress-asking-for-a-federal-data-privacy-law/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">federal law is necessary\u003c/a> to avoid a “patchwork” of laws on the state level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not yet clear whether a federal law would necessarily preempt tougher state laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation='Chris Conley, a policy attorney with the ACLU of Northern California.']‘Privacy is a right that cuts across all different demographics. Male, female. Old, young. Republican, Democrat.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Privacy is a right that cuts across all different demographics. Male, female. Old, young. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This post has been updated.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A landmark bill, which would offer new wage and benefit protections to workers in California's gig economy and a host of other industries, is headed to the governor's desk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5\">Assembly Bill 5 \u003c/a>sailed through the state Assembly on Wednesday by a vote of 56-15, just over 12 hours after its late-night approval in the Senate, a major victory for labor advocates and a stinging defeat for the tech companies that staunchly opposed it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was initially on the fence, endorsed the bill earlier this month and has committed to signing it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5 could impact upward of a million workers in a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2019/09/whos-in-whos-out-of-ab-5/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wide swath of industries\u003c/a> beyond just the gig economy, from general contractors to truck drivers to \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11737567/strippers-clash-over-employment-status-in-dueling-l-a-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">strippers\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under a \u003ca href=\"https://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/dynamex-operations-west-inc-v-superior-court-34584\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 state Supreme Court decision\u003c/a>, workers who perform core functions of a business must be classified as employees and not contractors. The decision established a simple three-part criteria, known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11769741/is-the-gig-up-what-dynamex-means-for-the-future-of-contracting-in-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the ABC test\u003c/a>, to determine a worker's employment status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AB 5, which would go into effect Jan. 1, codifies that decision. Labor advocates say that even though the Dynamex decision is already law, many companies have been flouting it. The measure would ensure that workers would not have to file suit on a case-by-case basis to seek enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"There’s a whole bunch of things that they’re currently being cheated out of, frankly,\" said Steve Smith with the California Labor Federation. \"With respect to Uber and Lyft, it’s the exploitation they subject their workers to on a daily basis. Many of these workers are not receiving minimum wage. They are misclassified as contractors when they actually should be considered employees, meaning there’s a whole host of benefits they’re not getting that they should get like everyone else.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In steering more workers to employee status, the bill would force companies to offer basic worker protections that contractors don't currently receive, such as guaranteed minimum wage, overtime pay, contributions to Social Security and Medicare, and unemployment and disability insurance. Those workers would also be eligible for workers’ compensation and sick and family leave and would be protected from discrimination at work, none of which are currently afforded to contractors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It’s a really important bill. States all over the country are watching to see what happens,\" said Veena Dubal, a UC Hastings employment law professor, who spent several years representing San Francisco taxi drivers. \"It’s pretty clear that most workers in the gig economy need labor and employment law protections under California law. ... It's vital that we have legal analysis that is clear both to businesses and workers so there's less ambiguity.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Sen. 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Many critics, including some workers whose employment status would change, also say it would take away the desired flexibility that being classified as an independent contractor offers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have a completely different economy,\" said Jennifer Barrera, executive vice president of the California Chamber of Commerce. \"We have a huge group of individuals who really value their flexibility and control over their own schedule, and I don’t think it has to be one or the other.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's a sentiment echoed by state Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, who said many people prefer the freedom that contract work gives them. She also criticized the measure for penalizing some industries but leaving others out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"This Legislature should not be in the business of picking favorites, which is exactly what this legislation does,\" she said on Tuesday night, following the rejection of 12 sets of Republican-sponsored amendments that would have added carve-outs for additional professions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newspaper delivery drivers, many of whom are currently classified as independent contractors, would also be impacted by the legislation, although as part of a last-minute Senate compromise Tuesday evening, implementation for them will be delayed for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tech companies in particular have been left out of the exemptions, despite heavy lobbying efforts late in the session to gain a carve-out. Uber, Lyft and DoorDash have subsequently begun to fund a potential initiative for the 2020 ballot that would create a third classification for their workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a news conference on Wednesday, Tony West, Uber's chief legal officer, said the company doesn't consider drivers, who are independent contractors, to be a core part of its business model, and would continue pushing for a better compromise. The company serves \"as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplaces,\" he said, adding that it is \"no stranger to legal battles.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Today, drivers have control over when, where and how they work. They can choose to work for any of our competitors at the same time, and many do,\" West said. \"This would all change dramatically if they were employees. We will continue to defend the innovation that makes that kind of choice, flexibility, and independence a reality for over 200,000 drivers in California.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state estimates it loses at least \u003ca href=\"https://doc-0o-2c-apps-viewer.googleusercontent.com/viewer/secure/pdf/5kl0815j43d7pmccu5rm1nkdu5n97vtk/k78ohtjvmpriqu94toehk5vasugk1or8/1561398375000/gmail/12954669112312320069/ACFrOgCqTnPx2m9ygcyL_K7HjnqRWqbcoV4Y7z8aWyyKuEzX_tSdhj74hCCpDeNj8FN7h9FivoRreI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$7 billion\u003c/a> a year in payroll tax revenue due to worker misclassification — money that could be supporting schools, roads and other public services. 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"content": "\u003cp>Older workers have been tapping into the gig economy in California. Some aren’t ready to retire. Others may face age discrimination when looking for other jobs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gig platforms can be fairly easy for many older workers to join. But research shows that on certain apps, they’re earning less than younger workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There could be a very substantial pay cut per hour, when moving from a career job to something like the gig economy,” said Rebecca Diamond, a Stanford University economist who has done research on platforms like Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11772787,news_11771412,news_11770427\" label=\"Regulating the Gig Economy\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Big changes could be ahead for gig workers in California. This week, state lawmakers are preparing to vote on \u003ca href=\"https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB5/2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assembly Bill 5,\u003c/a> a bill that would reclassify many independent contractors as employees, with the aim of providing greater protections to workers who currently don’t receive the benefits of more traditional employment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite the lack of benefits, plugging into the gig economy has been an attractive option for some older job seekers, because the barriers to entry on many apps have been low.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Cooney, who turns 65 in October, is an Uber driver in South Lake Tahoe. He usually leaves the windows down when he drives, letting his passengers enjoy the crisp mountain breeze and the scent of pine trees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"They love the fresh air,” Cooney said. “I say, 'Is that too much wind on you?' 'No, we love it.' So I say, 'OK!' \"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Driving for Uber gives Cooney a chance to meet riders from all over the country. He said a typical ride lasts about 10 to 15 minutes, long enough to strike up a conversation about where people are from.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I tell them I've been here about 20 years, I'm originally from New Orleans,” he said, his accent starting to come through. “They want to talk about the restaurants, the music, the food. So we carry on a conversation.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooney may be reaching an age when workers in previous eras would consider retirement. But he said he has no plans to stop driving anytime soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He previously worked as a concierge at a local timeshare, but he said his boss was pushy. So in 2016, he switched to Uber. It was easy to sign up, and he liked the idea of not having a boss at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I set my own hours,” Cooney said. “I work when I want to work. And so far it's been working for me. I've been able to pay my bills.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Cooney said Uber drivers in South Lake Tahoe have to deal with one major challenge: Demand is highly seasonal. Tourists swarm this resort town in the summer, and they come to hit the slopes in the winter.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the offseasons, Cooney will have long dry spells when he hardly gets any riders. This past May, \"I was lucky to make $20 or $30 a day,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He has just entered another down spell. “After Labor Day, it will start slowing down and it will be slow until Thanksgiving,” Cooney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11773131\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11773131\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/09/Tahoe-Uber-Car-e1568052171231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1440\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Uber drivers in South Lake Tahoe see demand spike during tourist seasons, and plummet at other times of year. \u003ccite>(David Wagner/KPCC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Still, Cooney thinks the flexibility of driving for Uber makes it a pretty good job for older people. This part of California has a high percentage of seniors. El Dorado County’s median age of nearly 46 is the fourth highest in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gig economy can be a fallback for those struggling to find other employment, but gig jobs are not always lucrative for older workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diamond, the Stanford economist, co-authored \u003ca href=\"https://web.stanford.edu/~diamondr/OldUberPP.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a recent study\u003c/a> that broke down earnings for Uber drivers by age. The researchers found that 60-year-old drivers earn nearly 10% less per hour than 30-year-old drivers on average.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s not because Uber pays younger and older drivers differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Obviously, the Uber formula for pay is the same for all workers,” Diamond said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Rebecca Diamond, a Stanford University economist\"]'It could have a lot of beneficial job characteristics. But the pay may be very different than what the workers had been experiencing in their longer-term jobs.'[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A large part of that gap can be explained by where older drivers live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Older workers live in the suburbs more than younger workers do,” Diamond said. “If the suburbs pay less, they're going to sort of have to just accept that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Suburbs and rural areas typically do pay less, because there’s less demand from riders. Younger drivers are more concentrated in cities, where demand is higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Timing is important too. Older drivers tend to avoid working late at night, when demand can peak with people hailing rides home from bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diamond said these pay disparities make sense, based on where and when older drivers tend to work. But the gap is still notable, because it’s the exact opposite of what happens in more traditional jobs, where there’s a norm that older employees earn more than younger workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Older drivers get no such premium on Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It could have a lot of beneficial job characteristics,” Diamond said. “But the pay may be very different than what the workers had been experiencing in their longer-term jobs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Khymberleigh Levin, 58, said she was surprised to hear that younger drivers out-earn older ones on Uber.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I think I drive just as much as a young driver does,\" said Levin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She drives part time in South Lake Tahoe, but said she focuses on times with high demand, often driving until 2 a.m. on the weekends. She doesn't feel like she's putting in less effort than younger drivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Levin said it would be impractical to chase higher demand by driving all the way to a larger city, such as Sacramento or San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11719321,news_11660885,news_11508374\" label=\"Challenges for drivers\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Would it really pay?\" Levin asked. \"You're paying for your gas there, wear and tear on your car, and a hotel there because you can't drive back. So I haven't really thought of it. Also, to be honest, I feel a lot safer here than I would in a big city.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Uber declined to comment for this story. But in the past, the company has pitched itself to older workers as a great way to make extra money, stay socially engaged and control your own schedule.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It once \u003ca href=\"https://press.aarp.org/2015-07-30-Life-Reimagined-Announces-Collaboration-with-Uber-to-Offer-New-Income-Opportunities-to-Members\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directly recruited older drivers\u003c/a>, offering a $35 incentive to new drivers who signed up through an AARP subsidiary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Keith Cooney said he understands why older drivers like him can end up earning less.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I know that if I were to work from midnight to 3 in the morning, that's when people really make a lot of money,” Cooney said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He used to work that late when he first started driving. But now, he’s just not willing to put up with drunken passengers in the middle of the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I've never had anybody throw up in my car,” he said. “They've come close, but they never have.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cooney said in a bigger city, he’d be able to get rides year-round. And he might earn more. 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