Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez responds to Californians hurt by AB 5

Since the start of 2020, KUSI has received messages from dozens of people who have been negatively affected by Assembly Bill 5. Their occupations vary, as we heard from truckers, translators, photojournalists, cartoonists, musicians and more.

This bill’s author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher has said the bill’s goal was to protect workers who are being misclassified as independent contractors rather than employees, specifically those who work for Uber and Lyft.

She told us that there is no indication that thousands of freelancers have been laid off.

However, many of the independent contractors we have heard from have said they don’t want to be employees, and Gonzalez’s bill is producing the complete opposite result.

Lorena Gonzalez joined us in studio to respond to the Californians who claim they have been negatively affected by her sweeping bill that aims to reclassify independent contractors as employees.

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