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As a boy growing up in Chicago, Eldridge would sit in church each week and listen to his grandfather preach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s poetry,” said Eldridge, describing his grandfather. “How he [starts] the sermon, how he ends it, what he says and doesn’t say, his pausing, how he raises his voice, all that I was attracted to. … It was the storytelling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he hopes the stories he’s telling through his songs provide his passengers with a greater awareness of the forces that impact their stress and well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641441\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-160x75.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1020x476.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1180x551.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-960x448.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-240x112.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-375x175.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-520x243.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670.png 1665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which uses live hip hop to raise awareness about community health. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His activism extends beyond the driver’s seat: Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which hosts dinners and uses live hip-hop to raise awareness about community health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he learned about the importance of healthy eating from his grandmother, who died of diabetes, and his aunt, Geraldine Eldridge, who was a former member of the Black Panther Party. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>For anyone who has taken a Lyft ride, the signature bell sound announcing the driver’s arrival might be the only sound they hear for the duration of the trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ride-hailing can be a silent and somewhat awkward experience. But one Bay Area driver seeks to establish a human connection with everyone who steps into his white Prius, with some spontaneous entertainment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641436\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-800x507.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-800x507.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-160x101.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-1020x646.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-960x608.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-240x152.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-375x237.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut-520x329.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28829_23120117_934141496736552_2567588069972442369_o28129-qut.jpg 1137w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashel Eldridge has a YouTube channel called the Legend of the Lyft Rapper. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland-based Ashel Eldridge calls himself The Lyft Rapper. He asks his passengers to come up with a topic and a style of music, and he makes up a song, on the spot, while driving to the destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Riders often make goofy requests — asking for songs about deli sandwiches, pizza or popcorn — but Eldridge’s freestyle flows often gravitate into more complex commentary about social issues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he loves it when riders request songs about immigration, gentrification or community health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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But after the song, they admit the Lyft Rapper has turned a typically mundane trip into an unforgettable experience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Clearly I got to witness a very high level of creativity and being able to think on the spot,” said Tom Cheng, a UC Berkeley student.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cheng, who was on his way to take the GRE, asked Eldridge to rap about anxiety and uncertainty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641433\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641433\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-800x450.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-160x90.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1020x574.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-960x540.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-240x135.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-375x211.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28848_TomCheng2-qut-520x293.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Cheng was on his way to take the GRE when he met — and was sung to by — the Lyft Rapper. \u003ccite>(Allen Young/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone has a very interesting life story, and [the Lyft Rapper] is definitely one that should be heard,” said Cheng.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he started rapping for his ride-hailing passengers a few years ago as a way to pass the time behind the wheel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eventually, he decided to turn it into a show for his YouTube channel called \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDc1Jp-2EIDmYsA7q1r-9lQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Legend of the Lyft Rapper\u003c/a>. 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As a boy growing up in Chicago, Eldridge would sit in church each week and listen to his grandfather preach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s poetry,” said Eldridge, describing his grandfather. “How he [starts] the sermon, how he ends it, what he says and doesn’t say, his pausing, how he raises his voice, all that I was attracted to. … It was the storytelling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eldridge said he hopes the stories he’s telling through his songs provide his passengers with a greater awareness of the forces that impact their stress and well-being.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11641441\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11641441\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-800x373.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-160x75.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1020x476.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-1180x551.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-960x448.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-240x112.png 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-375x175.png 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670-520x243.png 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2018/01/RS28830_alt_670.png 1665w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which uses live hip hop to raise awareness about community health. \u003ccite>(Ashel Eldridge)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His activism extends beyond the driver’s seat: Eldridge is part of a nonprofit called Hip Hop is Green, which hosts dinners and uses live hip-hop to raise awareness about community health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He says he learned about the importance of healthy eating from his grandmother, who died of diabetes, and his aunt, Geraldine Eldridge, who was a former member of the Black Panther Party. 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"content": "\u003cp>As deadly wildfires \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/10/11/at-least-21-dead-3500-structures-destroyed-in-northern-california-fires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continue to rip through Northern California\u003c/a>, Bay Area-based tech giants are responding to the crisis with digital features and by working with local communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Airbnb \u003ca href=\"https://www.airbnb.com/welcome/evacuees/northerncaliforniafireevacuees\">activated its disaster response tool\u003c/a> to help those impacted by the fires on Monday, more than 200 people have signed up to host people who have been displaced. As part of that program, hosts in nearby areas are able to make their spaces available for free through Oct. 30.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lara McCole and her husband, who have been Airbnb hosts for two years, decided to open their East Richmond home to evacuees Tuesday morning after hearing about it on the news. McCole said that several evacuees contacted them within a few hours, including a Santa Rosa couple who lost their home to the fire. The couple is now confirmed to stay with them later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a great opportunity for the community to support other people in the community,” said McCole, whose sister in Southern California also recently evacuated because of a fire. “A lot of people just told us their stories. I wish I had more availability and can take more people in. … It’s heartbreaking.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11622664\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11622664\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-800x530.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighters work near burned homes and debris in Santa Rosa's Coffey Park subdivision.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-800x530.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-1020x676.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-1180x782.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-960x636.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-240x159.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-375x248.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/10/HomesAndDebris-520x345.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters work near burned homes and debris in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park subdivision. \u003ccite>(Sheraz Sadiq/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While San Francisco began \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/05/01/san-francisco-and-airbnb-reach-agreement-to-settle-lawsuit/\">imposing short-term rental regulations on Airbnb a few years ago\u003c/a>, the city is currently allowing people to bypass the normal regulations, said Lauren Jones, San Francisco’s Department of Technology communications director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We may have different approaches on how to tackle the problem, but we ultimately have the same goal, which is to serve the residents, businesses and visitors,” said Jones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the past few days, other tech companies have responded with online tools to help those in need — which helps with the widespread power outage. Since the fires began, Facebook activated its Safety Check feature in many of the affected areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Google has launched an \u003ca href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=napa+valley&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin_KS00enWAhWEw1QKHVD-DAQQ_AUICSgA&biw=1279&bih=581&dpr=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SOS alert\u003c/a> on its search engines, which compiles updates, maps and links to resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”E9WFT6JspFgLlwWQLirW2MfsTXF5wAqG”]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many roads continue to be shut down, Lyft is offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.lyft.com/invite/SAFERIDESNORCAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">relief rides\u003c/a> to assist riders from the evacuation sites to hospitals and vice versa.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Due to the poor air quality in the city, Uber is offering \u003ca href=\"https://www.uber.com/blog/san-francisco/our-initial-response-to-the-california-wildfires/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">free and discounted rides\u003c/a> to and from certain San Francisco Public Library branches serving as filtered air centers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ride-hailing company is also partnering with \u003ca href=\"https://www.openhand.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Open Hand\u003c/a> to provide free rides for seniors and low-income individuals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We continue to monitor the situation and will be adjusting our response, depending on the conditions and needs in the emergency area,” said an Uber spokesperson.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the tech giants are also donating to local communities and organizations, which is one of the most effective ways in times of crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Facebook is contributing $1 million to local organizations in Northern and Southern California responding to the fires, according to Facebook’s spokesperson. Google says it’s donating $500,000 to support those impacted by the fires.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Angelo Henry describes himself as \"unemployed,\" but that isn't entirely right. Under California labor law, he's a self-starting freelancer. An entrepreneur.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">A 25-year-old with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Southern California, Henry is a semi-reluctant tenant at his mother's Pasadena house in search of full-time work. In the meantime, like an increasing number of Californians with four wheels and not enough cash, he’s a weekend chauffeur-for-digital-hire with Lyft and Uber.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\"It's not ideal, honestly,\" he said. \"It's just a means to pay my student loans, my bills, my credit card. And I have to pay my mom something too, because I can’t just live at home and not pay anything.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Henry said he earns $800 per month after accounting for gas and other driving expenses. The gig offers flexibility. No set schedules, no obligations, no demanding bosses. Also: no safety net. Henry is on his mom's health insurance plan, an option he'll have through the Affordable Care Act until his next birthday. But as for workers compensation, retirement savings, minimum wage, and sick leave? There Henry,\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/what-do-we-know-about-gig-work-in-california/\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">along\u003c/span>\u003c/a> with one out of every 12 Californians, is on his own.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">At least for now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new budget that will expand the state's earned income tax credit—one of the state's premier anti-poverty programs—to the self-employed. The credit is directed\u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/businesses/Economic_Development_Incentives/EITCReport2016.pdf\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">primarily\u003c/span>\u003c/a> at poor families with children. And gig workers like Henry now stand to benefit too, though in his case it will mean only an extra $60 for the year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Financially speaking, that’s slim pickings. The most generous annual credit for a family of three kids or more is around $2,700.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>But for a group that is often denied the income support programs, labor protections and other benefits regularly afforded traditional employees, that extra pocket change represents a significant political win. It’s one of a string of recent legislative efforts to redefine the legal status of independent contractors, provide gig economy workers with new rights and benefits, and introduce state-sponsored benefit programs for the self- or precariously employed. The expanded credit is the most successful push yet from lawmakers and advocates who want to remake the 20th century social safety net for the 21st century labor force.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gigeconomy]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We have a lot more activity in our economy in these ‘other’ categories, and we’re leaving those folks behind,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://calbudgetcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Budget & Policy Center\u003c/a>, a nonpartisan think tank. “Our traditional definitions of work basically exclude them from the types of support that we provide to other people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">How many of these \"other\" workers actually exist?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">According to a recent\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/what-do-we-know-about-gig-work-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">study\u003c/span>\u003c/a> from the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California, Berkeley, 8.5 percent of California's workforce falls into the category of “unincorporated self-employed.\" Many more Californians work odd jobs on the side—nationwide, an\u003ca href=\"https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/tax-analysis/Documents/WP-114.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">estimated\u003c/span>\u003c/a> 6 percent do that.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Despite all the attention to the boom in on-demand labor platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit, the study’s authors say they actually represent a tiny portion of the “gig economy.” To the contrary, the overall share of self-employed Californians has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Still, Silicon Valley’s economic influence—coupled with a decades-long\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">decline\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in unionization rates, falling pension\u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v69n3/v69n3p1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">coverage\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, and\u003ca href=\"http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/interactive/?display=As%2520a%2520%2525%2520of%2520GDP&service=Hospitals%252CPhysicians%2520%2526%2520Clinics%252CPrescription%2520Drug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">rising\u003c/span>\u003c/a> health care costs—raises new questions about what workforce protections and benefits should look like for the \"gig economy.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We’re trying to figure this out before it comes a real issue,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, chair of the Appropriations Committee. “I don’t feel like there’s been enough thought in a lot of circles about the economy that we’re creating and what that will do for the safety net of the state.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The expansion of the earned income tax credit suggests one possible way forward.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">By design, the credit provides additional resources to low-income Californians, while also encouraging them work. When introduced in 2015, the credit was restricted to wage and salary earners as a fraud prevention measure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new expansion, which extends eligibility to those earning up to $22,300, is expected to cost $140 million annually. Low income, self-employed Californians will be able to claim the credit when they file their income taxes next spring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher agrees that expanding the credit to non-employees is a “really exciting” development. But, she argues, it shouldn’t necessarily serve as a model for how to provide independent contractors with financial security.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It is an admission that we as a state are going to pick up the slack, that we’re going to supplement the income of the poor,” she said. “In doing that, what level of responsibility are we giving to these companies?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher has instead introduced a host of bills in the last few years that would grant gig workers new rights and protections, largely at the expense of the companies that hire them. These include proposals to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">give\u003c/span>\u003c/a> independent contractors the right to collectively bargain, to\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">expand\u003c/span>\u003c/a> workers compensation insurance to short-term day laborers, to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">re-classify\u003c/span>\u003c/a> professional cheerleaders as employees, and to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">force\u003c/span>\u003c/a> app-based services to provide a tipping option.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">So far, the results have been mixed. \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13263516/new-california-law-recognizes-cheerleaders-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The cheerleader bill was signed into law in 2015\u003c/a>. Uber, which famously did not offer its users the option to tip, for a variety of reasons\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>announced a\u003ca href=\"https://pages.et.uber.com/180-days/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">change\u003c/span>\u003c/a> of policy this month. But the collective bargaining provision was killed last year and the day laborer bill is currently idling in committee.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher attributes some of the uneven progress to the industry's cachet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“They’re saying, ‘We have tech, we have innovation, we have Silicon Valley,’ and that’s all cool,” she said. “It’s not cool to be the skunk at the garden party.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003ca href=\"https://internetassociation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Internet Association\u003c/a>, a trade group that lobbies on behalf of sharing-economy titans like Uber, Lyft, Etsy, and AirBnB, responded to a request for comment by pointing to the association’s opposition letter to Gonzalez Fletcher’s tipping bill.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“The state should not be mandating business decisions of this kind in the first place,” the letter said. “This is especially true in the fiercely competitive internet-enabled sharing economy, where the market best dictates these decisions.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“This proved true...with Uber's decision to accept gratuities,” communications director Noah Theran said in an email.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">While the industry may not be keen on redefining the arrangement it currently enjoys with its workforce of independent contractors, some tech leaders have endorsed a new model of employer benefits. The aim: to cover independent contractors regardless of where they work or how many jobs they have.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“Maybe the old employer-employee negotiated benefit model is out of date,” said Hoene of the Budget & Policy Center, who suggests a \"portable benefits\" system might be more appropriate in an economy of freelancers. Rather than tying benefits to a specific job, he describes a “state-sponsored system that workers can port with them as they move from work to non-work, or from one kind of work to another.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">In practice, this might mean that a company would pay for the benefits of its independent contractors in proportion to the hours they work, or that the state might provide the benefits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The lack of specifics has made the concept of \"portable benefits\" popular with a\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/common-ground-for-independent-workers-83f3fbcf548f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">diverse\u003c/span>\u003c/a> group of labor policy wonks, tech industry leaders, and labor advocates. When Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia\u003ca href=\"https://www.warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/5/legislation-to-test-drive-portable-benefit-models-introduced-in-the-house-and-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">introduced\u003c/span>\u003c/a> a federal bill last May that would set up a portable benefit pilot program for independent contractors and other workers who don’t get benefits through their jobs, both Lyft and on-demand courier service Postmates backed the proposal.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">But in Sacramento, efforts to sever the link between benefits and workplace haven’t taken off.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11540945\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GIG-WORKERS-Photo-2-freelancing-in-coffee-shop-e1498850059933.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-11540945\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/06/GIG-WORKERS-Photo-2-freelancing-in-coffee-shop-e1498850059933.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Details\u003cbr>Description\u003cbr>One in 12 Californians work independently, so-called gig economy workers. \u003ccite>(Photo via Pexels)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The state is developing a program to offer retirement savings accounts to workers who lack that option through their jobs. But the State Treasurer’s office, which hopes to launch that \u003ca href=\"http://www.treasurer.ca.gov/scib/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Secure Choice”\u003c/a> program by 2019, has yet to decide whether to allow self-employed Californians to opt-in. Meanwhile, a single-payer bill to provide state-funded health insurance to all Californians—employees, contractors, and the unemployed alike—passed the state Senate but stalled out in the Assembly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Not everyone is convinced that the solution lies in transforming benefits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\"We need to create a situation where there is not an incentive to use independent contractors to get around labor standards and to avoid paying taxes,\" said Ken Jacobs, chair of the labor research center at UC Berkeley. Rather than reinvent California labor law, he said, state lawmakers should focus on ensuring that workers aren't being wrongly classified as independent contractors.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">For all the focus on the gig workers of the tech industry, as he points out, these on-demand platform workers only make up about 1 percent of the labor force in most of California’s big cities. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">As a whole, independent contractors are a broad mix of workers: lawyers and architects, day laborers and janitors, freelance artists and journalists, and, yes, rideshare drivers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">It's a mix that also includes Tonia McMillian.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">McMillian, who has been operating a childcare center out of her home in Bellflower for the last 24 years, doesn't get paid through an app and doesn't find her clients online. But she is an independent contractor with an unstable salary—a growing concern for her now that she is approaching the end of her working years.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\"I woke up one day and realized I have no retirement,\" she said. And if she gets injured on the job, \"I can't get disability, I can't get workers' comp, I'm just on my own.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">McMillian, who serves as treasurer at Service Employees International Union Local 99, a union of teachers and childcare workers in Los Angeles, applauds the expansion of the earned income tax credit. But with its income cap of a little over $15,000 for individuals without dependent children, she said the policy “is neither here nor there” for her. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">That, she said, in a country that celebrates entrepreneurs, is a “shame.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s2\">\u003ca href=\"http://calmatters.org\">\u003ci>CALmatters.org\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003ci> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics.\u003c/i>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp class=\"p2\">\u003cb>\u003c/b>\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Angelo Henry describes himself as \"unemployed,\" but that isn't entirely right. Under California labor law, he's a self-starting freelancer. An entrepreneur.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">A 25-year-old with a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Southern California, Henry is a semi-reluctant tenant at his mother's Pasadena house in search of full-time work. In the meantime, like an increasing number of Californians with four wheels and not enough cash, he’s a weekend chauffeur-for-digital-hire with Lyft and Uber.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\"It's not ideal, honestly,\" he said. \"It's just a means to pay my student loans, my bills, my credit card. And I have to pay my mom something too, because I can’t just live at home and not pay anything.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Henry said he earns $800 per month after accounting for gas and other driving expenses. The gig offers flexibility. No set schedules, no obligations, no demanding bosses. Also: no safety net. Henry is on his mom's health insurance plan, an option he'll have through the Affordable Care Act until his next birthday. But as for workers compensation, retirement savings, minimum wage, and sick leave? There Henry,\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/what-do-we-know-about-gig-work-in-california/\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">along\u003c/span>\u003c/a> with one out of every 12 Californians, is on his own.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">At least for now.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">This week, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new budget that will expand the state's earned income tax credit—one of the state's premier anti-poverty programs—to the self-employed. The credit is directed\u003ca href=\"https://www.ftb.ca.gov/businesses/Economic_Development_Incentives/EITCReport2016.pdf\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">primarily\u003c/span>\u003c/a> at poor families with children. And gig workers like Henry now stand to benefit too, though in his case it will mean only an extra $60 for the year.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Financially speaking, that’s slim pickings. The most generous annual credit for a family of three kids or more is around $2,700.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>But for a group that is often denied the income support programs, labor protections and other benefits regularly afforded traditional employees, that extra pocket change represents a significant political win. It’s one of a string of recent legislative efforts to redefine the legal status of independent contractors, provide gig economy workers with new rights and benefits, and introduce state-sponsored benefit programs for the self- or precariously employed. The expanded credit is the most successful push yet from lawmakers and advocates who want to remake the 20th century social safety net for the 21st century labor force.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[gigeconomy]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We have a lot more activity in our economy in these ‘other’ categories, and we’re leaving those folks behind,” said Chris Hoene, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://calbudgetcenter.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">California Budget & Policy Center\u003c/a>, a nonpartisan think tank. “Our traditional definitions of work basically exclude them from the types of support that we provide to other people.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">How many of these \"other\" workers actually exist?\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">According to a recent\u003ca href=\"http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/what-do-we-know-about-gig-work-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">study\u003c/span>\u003c/a> from the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California, Berkeley, 8.5 percent of California's workforce falls into the category of “unincorporated self-employed.\" Many more Californians work odd jobs on the side—nationwide, an\u003ca href=\"https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/tax-analysis/Documents/WP-114.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">estimated\u003c/span>\u003c/a> 6 percent do that.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Despite all the attention to the boom in on-demand labor platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit, the study’s authors say they actually represent a tiny portion of the “gig economy.” To the contrary, the overall share of self-employed Californians has remained relatively stable over the last two decades.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Still, Silicon Valley’s economic influence—coupled with a decades-long\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/02/23/385843576/50-years-of-shrinking-union-membership-in-one-map\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">decline\u003c/span>\u003c/a> in unionization rates, falling pension\u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v69n3/v69n3p1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">coverage\u003c/span>\u003c/a>, and\u003ca href=\"http://www.healthsystemtracker.org/interactive/?display=As%2520a%2520%2525%2520of%2520GDP&service=Hospitals%252CPhysicians%2520%2526%2520Clinics%252CPrescription%2520Drug\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">rising\u003c/span>\u003c/a> health care costs—raises new questions about what workforce protections and benefits should look like for the \"gig economy.\"\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“We’re trying to figure this out before it comes a real issue,” said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher, chair of the Appropriations Committee. “I don’t feel like there’s been enough thought in a lot of circles about the economy that we’re creating and what that will do for the safety net of the state.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The expansion of the earned income tax credit suggests one possible way forward.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">By design, the credit provides additional resources to low-income Californians, while also encouraging them work. When introduced in 2015, the credit was restricted to wage and salary earners as a fraud prevention measure.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The new expansion, which extends eligibility to those earning up to $22,300, is expected to cost $140 million annually. Low income, self-employed Californians will be able to claim the credit when they file their income taxes next spring.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher agrees that expanding the credit to non-employees is a “really exciting” development. But, she argues, it shouldn’t necessarily serve as a model for how to provide independent contractors with financial security.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“It is an admission that we as a state are going to pick up the slack, that we’re going to supplement the income of the poor,” she said. “In doing that, what level of responsibility are we giving to these companies?”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher has instead introduced a host of bills in the last few years that would grant gig workers new rights and protections, largely at the expense of the companies that hire them. These include proposals to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">give\u003c/span>\u003c/a> independent contractors the right to collectively bargain, to\u003ca href=\"http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">expand\u003c/span>\u003c/a> workers compensation insurance to short-term day laborers, to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">re-classify\u003c/span>\u003c/a> professional cheerleaders as employees, and to\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">force\u003c/span>\u003c/a> app-based services to provide a tipping option.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">So far, the results have been mixed. \u003ca href=\"http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/13263516/new-california-law-recognizes-cheerleaders-employees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The cheerleader bill was signed into law in 2015\u003c/a>. Uber, which famously did not offer its users the option to tip, for a variety of reasons\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> \u003c/span>announced a\u003ca href=\"https://pages.et.uber.com/180-days/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">change\u003c/span>\u003c/a> of policy this month. But the collective bargaining provision was killed last year and the day laborer bill is currently idling in committee.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">Gonzalez Fletcher attributes some of the uneven progress to the industry's cachet.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“They’re saying, ‘We have tech, we have innovation, we have Silicon Valley,’ and that’s all cool,” she said. “It’s not cool to be the skunk at the garden party.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">\u003ca href=\"https://internetassociation.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Internet Association\u003c/a>, a trade group that lobbies on behalf of sharing-economy titans like Uber, Lyft, Etsy, and AirBnB, responded to a request for comment by pointing to the association’s opposition letter to Gonzalez Fletcher’s tipping bill.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“The state should not be mandating business decisions of this kind in the first place,” the letter said. “This is especially true in the fiercely competitive internet-enabled sharing economy, where the market best dictates these decisions.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“This proved true...with Uber's decision to accept gratuities,” communications director Noah Theran said in an email.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">While the industry may not be keen on redefining the arrangement it currently enjoys with its workforce of independent contractors, some tech leaders have endorsed a new model of employer benefits. The aim: to cover independent contractors regardless of where they work or how many jobs they have.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">“Maybe the old employer-employee negotiated benefit model is out of date,” said Hoene of the Budget & Policy Center, who suggests a \"portable benefits\" system might be more appropriate in an economy of freelancers. Rather than tying benefits to a specific job, he describes a “state-sponsored system that workers can port with them as they move from work to non-work, or from one kind of work to another.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">In practice, this might mean that a company would pay for the benefits of its independent contractors in proportion to the hours they work, or that the state might provide the benefits.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp class=\"p3\">\u003cspan class=\"s1\">The lack of specifics has made the concept of \"portable benefits\" popular with a\u003ca href=\"https://medium.com/the-wtf-economy/common-ground-for-independent-workers-83f3fbcf548f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003cspan class=\"s2\">diverse\u003c/span>\u003c/a> group of labor policy wonks, tech industry leaders, and labor advocates. When Democratic U.S. Sen. 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Regulators are requiring ride service companies to report within 60 days on how the services are affecting traffic injuries and impacting the environment. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Commissioner Carla Peterman's request, the CPUC voted to continue studying the issue of whether Uber and Lyft drivers should be allowed to lease vehicles, and for how long. At question is the definition of a personal vehicle. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under the proposal, drivers would have been able to lease vehicles, but only for periods longer than four months. Commissioner Liane Randolph explained that the proposal was meant, in part, to ensure proper vehicle inspections and that drivers' vehicles met all regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Though Uber officials said the regulation wouldn't affect its long-term leasing program, XChange, it would have barred the company's short-term rentals through Enterprise Rent-A-Car. 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