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Regardless of how you feel about AB5, you should vote No on Prop 22 for one reason: > Amending Proposition 22 would require a seven-eights (87.5%) vote in each
by habosa 6y ago
Regardless of how you feel about AB5, you should vote No on Prop 22 for one reason:
> Amending Proposition 22 would require a seven-eights (87.5%) vote in each chamber of the California State Legislature and the governor's signature, provided that the amendment is consistent with, and furthers the purpose of, Proposition 22. Changes that are not considered consistent with, and furthering the purpose of, Proposition 22 would need voter approval [0]
This means if the law passes with a simple majority, any future amendments require 87.5% of the legislature which is basically impossible.
This proposition re-writes the democratic process, not just the law. It manes Uber and Lyft get to decide not only what the law is today but how it evolves forever.
That's not how democracy should work and we should not pass this prop. If you believe drivers should be contractors, fine, but let's not hand over the government over that point.
[0]: https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_22,_App-Based_Drivers_as_Contractors_and_Labor_Policies_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_22,_App-Based...
- rrss 6y agoThis is an inaccurate take. The default for an approved CA ballot initiative is that it cannot be amended or repealed by the state legislature. Normally changing a ballot initiative requires another ballot proposition, so an initiative permitting the legislature to make changes with a seven-eighths vote is actually more amenable to changes than normal, not less. The California Constitution has a clause that enables initiatives to determine whether they can be changed by the state legislature. You may argue that this is weird, but it's how ballot initiatives work in California, so this one isn't rewriting the democratic process. https://ballotpedia.org/Legislative_alteration https://ballotpedia.org/Legislative_alteration
- habosa 6y agoHuh I did not know that and I guess most news outlets don’t either! One more reason why voters can’t really be expected to make the right decision on 40 ballot measures.