> AB5 was a terribly written law with good intentions (aren't they all?). Not at all. How many bills have you read? Did you study political science? Have you n

> AB5 was a terribly written law with good intentions (aren't they all?). Not at all. How many bills have you read? Did you study political science? Have you not seen how you’ve personally benefited from the laws (and case law) on the books? Or could you be perhaps overgeneralizing? > it killed independent journalism in the state This seems patently false given that I read lots of independent journalism from California journalists every day. Maybe you are conflating independent journalism, the sort that exists in an organization devoted to practicing journalism that is not subordinated to the interests of another organization, with freelance journalism. (And you’d still be wrong, but at least choosing the right words. “Independent journalism” has a longstanding meaning.)