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Senator Jackson has been a voice for unions in the legislature, so it is no surprise she also has supported AB5 enthusiastically. What has been a surprise is how cruel and dismissive elected representatives like Gonzalez and Jackson have been as tens of thousands of independently employed artists, interpreters, dancers, translators and more have come forward to beg for a dismissal or at least a suspension of the law at least until the legislature fixes the issues and finishes adding the dozens of currently proposed amendments.
Jackson’s comments came following the public comments portion of the meeting, and the level of dismissiveness of the plight of thousands of honest, hard-working, self-employed Californians was shocking.
“I appreciate that some independent contractors are upset. AB5 took away their lollipop.”
The backlash to AB5 has been fascinating to watch and be a part of. There is very rarely an issue in this state that unites Democrats and Republicans but a bill that kills “side hustles” in the side hustle capital of America has done just that — it has united the Left and the Right in an unprecedented way.
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