No it didn't. The contractor market is very much alive and well in CA, and AB5 was an obvious clarification targeting contractor-in-name-only type gigs. Of cou

No it didn't. The contractor market is very much alive and well in CA, and AB5 was an obvious clarification targeting contractor-in-name-only type gigs. Of course the main target of the bill, Uber/Lyft drivers ended up getting shafted after the ignorant public passed prop 22, but a software contractor/freelancer would have had no issues passing the contractor vs. employee test specified in AB5.