NCTD launches pilot for discount rides to Coaster stations
CARLSBAD — The North County Transit District launched a new first- and last-mile pilot program this week with several ridesharing companies to offer commuters credit...
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Election 2020: Battle lines drawn over Prop. 22, future of rideshare drivers
REGION — What has become an unofficial referendum on Assembly Bill 5, Proposition 22 pits union and pro-labor allies against ride-sharing companies such as Uber,...
Appeals court ruling averts Uber/Lyft shutdown
REGION — San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo got their wish today when an appeals court put on hold a...
Two CA mayors urge court to stay injunction against Uber, Lyft over AB 5
REGION — San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer joined San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo today to urge an appeals court to stay an injunction that they...
Judge grants preliminary injunction against Uber, Lyft, regarding AB 5
REGION — In a ruling stemming from a lawsuit brought the city attorneys of San Diego and two other cities and the state, a federal...
Independent contractor bill advances in senate, limits freelance writing work
REGION — A bill which could reshape independent contract labor, and the California economy at-large, advanced on July 10 in the California Senate. The bill,...
Workers, employers react to ‘Dynamex’ bill amendments
Assembly Bill 5, which aims to reclassify worker status in accordance with Dynamex, was recently amended to include exemptions in law, real estate and dentistry....
Vista discusses taxicab insurance regulations
Taxicab companies have requested the city lower its insurance requirement. This prompted Vista Deputy Mayor John Aguilera to add regulation as a discussion item at...
Escondido police searching for possible victims in sex assault case
ESCONDIDO — Police are searching for more possible victims from a sexual assault suspect who was a driver for ride-sharing companies. Jeremy George Vague, 37,...
Cab driver calls out Uber drivers as ‘unfair competition’
Cab driver John Phillip Bowen said it’s unfair and unsafe that Uber drivers can skirt around city business licenses, drug and criminal background...
