CHRISTY LIES: Says AB5 won’t cost people jobs
April 24, 2020
During today’s candidate forum Christy Smith continues to lie about Assembly Bill 5’s impact on the California economy.
Smith claims Assembly Bill 5 won’t cause anyone to lose their jobs when in reality, the new law will harm independent contractors, destroy the gig economy in California and will lead to thousands of lost jobs.
These articles are early proof:
- Los Angeles Times: Vox Media cuts hundreds of freelance journalists as AB 5 changes loom
- CBS 8: “I have been a freelance artist for over 30 years, and I feel that my dignity has been violated. Suddenly, I am being punished,” said Elizabeth Tobias.
- Christian Lanz on Twitter: @AsmChristySmith I’m a union Voice Actor, father of two & SCV resident since 2010. Since the disastrous #AB5 renders working actors’ loan-out corps unusable, we’ll be forced to uproot our families & leave California to continue earning a living. PLEASE approve #AB1928 #RepealAB5
- San Jose Inside: “It’s been a struggle,” says Lisa Mallette, executive director of City Lights Theater Company—a small black-box theater in downtown San Jose. “We’re doing our best. We’re trying to do the right thing.”