Prop 22: Radical Centrist ridesharing?

[Centroids]

No doubt a very self-serving interpretation, but I’d like to think they are right.

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From: Lyft <nor...@marketing.lyftmail.com>
Date: November 6, 2020 at 18:05:08 PST
To: dre...@me.com
Subject: Moving forward with California



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Hi Ernie, In 2007, we wrote our mission on a piece of paper: improve people's lives with the world's best transportation. We spent our first few years building a community around an idea that many called crazy at the time: Riders and drivers sharing their personal cars, making cities greener and creating millions of work opportunities along the way. Together, the Lyft community demonstrated that people from all walks of life can come together and make a big difference. Still, as some of you remember, we had to overcome our share of challenges to create ridesharing. Back then and still today, our approach has always been to support policy change that does the most good for the greatest number of people. On Tuesday night, millions of Californians voted to add historic benefits for drivers and keep rideshare accessible to our communities. Now that Prop 22 has passed, drivers will maintain their independence and get important benefits, which include guaranteed earnings, new healthcare subsidies, and more extensive insurance coverage. These benefits increase with hours worked, and drivers can still earn whenever, however, and with any platform they want. This new path combines the strengths of both contractor and employee models. Before now, benefits have traditionally been available only to employees — and just like with ridesharing, many people didn't think a new way was possible. With 6:1 drivers wanting to have benefits and keep the flexibility of staying independent, we're very happy they now have this. We also don't want to gloss over the hard parts. This was a hotly debated issue, and the passion people brought to the conversation reflects how much each of us cares. Whichever way you voted, we feel a deep responsibility to continue demonstrating that we will always do our best to serve the people who depend on us. We look forward to continuing to work together to build a service that makes all of us proud — for our communities, our environment, and for California. So thank you again for caring. Not just from us, but most importantly from the millions of drivers who are counting on us.     Finally, we know it's been a stressful week with the U.S. Presidential election and 24/7 news coverage. Please take care of yourselves. We're all in this crazy year together 🙏 Thank you, John & Logan Lyft Co-Founders   Unsubscribe | Contact 548 Market St., P.O. Box 68514, San Francisco, CA 94104 © 2020 Lyft, Inc. CPUC ID No. TCP0032513 - P