Some freelance journalists said the new law, AB 5, severely restricted their ability to work. The law’s author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, wrote in a series of tweets that she will introduce legislation to tweak and clarify the law and ease its implementation. Gonzalez introduced AB 1850 in early January as placeholder legislation to correct and clarify AB 5. In December, U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez of San Diego granted a temporary exemption for independent truck drivers. Last month, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge ruled the law does not apply to thousands of independent truck drivers because AB 5 is preempted by federal law.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 07, 2020 12:56 UTC