SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A state senator has introduced legislation exempting freelance writers and newspaper carriers from a broad new California labor law requiring that many be treated as employees rather than independent contractors.
The measures face an uphill battle in part because they were introduced by a Republican in a Legislature dominated by Democrats who support the labor law.
The law’s author opposes at least one of the rollbacks.
However, Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego, who heads a powerful gatekeeper committee, has been meeting regularly with those who want changes this legislative session to her law that took effect Jan. 1.
