Uber | CalWatchdog.com

Tag "Uber"

DMV preps test rules for driverless delivery vehicles

In December 2015, when the state Department of Motor Vehicles released draft regulations for the testing of driverless vehicles, California tech firms were stunned by their onerousness. Google immediately objected to a proposed requirement that drivers always had to be

California Supreme Court makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors

Drew Gregory Lynch May 4, 2018

On Monday, the California Supreme Court issued a major ruling on the distinction between independent contractors (IC) and employees, establishing a new test for determining classification that presumes that workers are employees and not ICs. The case, Dynamex Operations West,

San Francisco sues Uber in battle over driver privacy

Steven Greenhut May 16, 2017

SACRAMENTO – The city of San Francisco filed suit last week against the ride-sharing service Uber after the company filed a motion in court to block the release of a drivers’ personal information. This sets up the latest battle between

Paid to protest the president? Bay Area employees get days off for civic engagement

Drew Gregory Lynch May 12, 2017

While many conservative claims about paid protesters demonstrating against President Trump have been met with skepticism and dismissal — in the Bay Area — some of them might actually be getting money for being there. Companies in the region are

Silicon Valley faces slowdown

James Poulos April 12, 2017

Market watchers have keyed in to a series of statistics suggesting breakneck growth in Silicon Valley has begun to slow down. “Tech companies in San Francisco and San Mateo counties lost 700 jobs from January to February and tech employment

New DMV rules would allow testing of driverless vehicles without human in car

James Poulos March 17, 2017

Responding to industry criticism and public uncertainty, California has rejiggered its rules to accommodate fully driverless vehicles. “California’s new proposals follow a Michigan law passed in December, which allowed testing with no human driver. It also created a framework for

Google takes lead on California driverless cars

James Poulos February 15, 2017

As Silicon Valley rushes to stake out a lead in what’s hoped to be a robust market for driverless cars, the company spun off of Google has established a clear lead — perhaps giving the competition a reason to consider focusing

CalWatchdog Morning Read – January 24

CalWatchdog Staff January 24, 2017

Enough blame for everyone with Oakland housing crisis Trade deal’s death hurts Central Valley farmers Key reform of environmental law hasn’t worked Orange County could model GOP success with Asian-Americans California has the highest real poverty rate in the country

CalWatchdog Morning Read – January 13

CalWatchdog Staff January 13, 2017

Lawmaker targets Uber’s self-driving vehicles in new legislation Scientists rebuke Coastal Commission over desalination Does Consumer Watchdog actually help lower insurance rates? Brown cuts doctors out of tobacco tax money Democratic lawmakers pushing for cap-and-trade extension Good morning! TGIF. One lesson

Assemblyman wants to crack down on unpermitted, self-driving vehicles

Matt Fleming January 12, 2017

It’s not enough that Uber killed its unpermitted, self-driving-vehicle pilot program in San Francisco just a week after it started; an assemblyman wants to squash any further attempts to test vehicles without a permit as well. Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San