This is exactly what Uber does and its absolutely disgusting. They send out massive propaganda campaigns to their massive mailing lists, saying cities will get more dangerous and costs will skyrocket. They get petition signatures from tens of thousands of local people for it too.

They won’t raise the rates because if they do they will lose many, many customers.

Translation: Lyft doesn't want to pay for liability insurance or employment tax, all of which currently fall on the drivers as 1099 contractors.

You mean that placing the thousands of people *making you fucking money* under the umbrella of legal protection is...wrong?

I don’t know much about the bill or how drivers feel about it (as their message claims), but I know I don’t like a corporation emailing to ask me to lobby on their behalf, especially in a state I’m not in