Uber and Lyft get last-minute California reprieve

The decision delays Uber and Lyft's plans to halt their operations in California and buys them more time to fight a lawsuit from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra accusing them of violating California law by misclassifying their drivers.

Becerra sued the companies for running afoul of a new state law, Assembly Bill 5, that broadly requires more employers to treat their workers as employees, not independent contractors, under a framework created by the California Supreme Court. A judge last week granted Becerra's request for an injunction forcing the companies to reclassify their workers; the companies had urged the courts to wait as the underlying legal case played out.

Oral arguments are set for Oct. 13. Less than a month after that, California voters will make a critical decision by voting on Proposition 22, a measure sponsored by gig companies that would let them continue to treat workers as contractors while offering some wage and benefit guarantees.

Finally someone with a brain. How many tens of thousands of workers would have been left without a job, thanks to that lady in Sacramento, what's her name? Who cares. Now let's pass Prop 22

i was hoping they would leave

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