On Friday, August 30, 2019, the California State Senate Appropriations Committee approved controversial legislation—Assembly Bill 5 (A.B. 5)—that would potentially reclassify millions of independent contractors as “employees” under California state labor laws. The Committee’s approval moves the bill one step closer to a vote in the full senate, which is expected to approve the measure in the very near future. After months of not making his position on the bill clear, on September 2, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) publicly announced his support for the measure in an op ed in the Sacramento Bee.
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