It's today explained, I'm Sean Ramos for a Montez de Show, we talked about how American

democracy at least at the federal level is kind of having a legitimacy crisis right now.

The media has called the presidential race for Joe Biden as you might recall.

The world seems ready to move on and accept him all the while.

The outgoing guy is being a sore loser, not conceding, not a great look.

But out in California, direct democracy, taking policy directly to the people appears to

be working just fine depending on how you feel about labor laws.

Well, as you know, California leads the way for the rest of the country.

Carolyn Saeed, she's a business reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle.

But this particular measure has national implications, not just for everybody who uses

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, which are the companies that are most affected by it, basically

for the future of work.

On November 3rd, Californians voted on Proposition 22.

This is sort of a referendum on gig work on what people think about this new mode of work

where you're freelance, you're an independent contractor, you do not have an employer,

and you do not have the benefits and protections of employment.

But the story starts much earlier.

Yes, I would say it started two years ago when the California Supreme Court issued a unanimous

ruling in a case called Dynamax.

The California Supreme Court has made a decision which could ultimately blow up the gig economy

as we know it, particularly right share companies.

Ruling on Monday in a lawsuit, the court decided to limit businesses from classifying workers

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