Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Employment, health care round out CA ballot props
Gig company exemptionIn 2018, the California Supreme Court created a test expanding the definition of who constitutes an employee as part of its decision in Dynamex Operations West Inc.
v. Superior Court of Los Angeles. Assembly Bill 5, signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2019, updated state laws to comply with that decision.AB 5 generally only allows workers to be considered "independent contractors" and not employees in situations where the independent contractors could set their own prices, earn double the minimum wage or more, and have direct communication with customers.Thus, AB 5 had a number of sweeping consequences for many industries including music, freelance writing, trucking, the arts, and sex work.
