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Labor/Employment

Jul. 31, 2020

Attorney general’s Proposition 22 ballot materials are misleading, suit says

Ballot materials that Attorney General Xavier Becerra prepared for Proposition 22, whose gig economy backers he recently sued, are biased and may influence voters against the initiative, according to a complaint filed by the campaign behind the proposition.

Ballot materials that Attorney General Xavier Becerra prepared for Proposition 22, whose gig economy backers he recently sued, are biased and may influence voters against the initiative, according to a complaint filed by the campaign behind the proposition.

Becerra's title, summary, and ballot label falsely characterize the ballot measure as an exemption for rideshare drivers from Assembly Bill 5, the controversial statute that autom...

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