Trump, meanwhile, has pointed to California as a cautionary tale for the rest of the nation, casting it as a failed state of homelessness and intrusive government. We can’t have our cities going to hell,” Trump told reporters last month after travelling to California to raise money for his re-election campaign. The charismatic first-year governor relishes being a Trump adversary and chief of a state that does things before others. Under the legislation signed by Newsom, California now provides the strictest test in the nation for determining when a worker is an employee versus an independent contractor. Charlie O’Connell, a 38-year-old from San Francisco, said he doubts the rest of the nation wants what California has to offer.

Source: thestar October 20, 2019 16:30 UTC