SACRAMENTO – Assemblyman Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin) announced legislation to enshrine the Right to Earn a Living in the California Constitution. This legislation, to be formally introduced in January as an Assembly Constitutional Amendment, will nullify all conflicting laws and regulations, including Assembly Bill 5’s restrictions on independent contracting.
“Rarely has a single bill caused so much harm to so many people so quickly,” Assemblyman Kiley said of AB 5, which has already prompted massive layoffs of writers, artists, musicians, and photographers, among many others. “But even before Assembly Bill 5, California’s laws were more hostile to workers than any state in the nation, with arbitrary restrictions on vocational freedom and working conditions. With this Constitutional Amendment, California workers will finally be treated respectfully by their government.”
The Right to Earn a Living will include the right to be independent and pursue contractual employment opportunities, along with the right to practice one’s vocation without unreasonable occupational licensing restrictions. According to a 2018 report, California “is the most broadly and onerously licensed state in the nation” and the “worst licensing environment for workers in lower-income occupations.”
The Constitutional Amendment will also enable flexible work arrangements that are currently forbidden or heavily restricted by California’s rigid labor laws.
“The future of work in a rapidly changing economy requires creative thinking and serious solutions,” Kiley said. “AB 5 and other anti-worker legislation move us in the wrong direction. Recognizing the Right to Earn a Living will help prepare California for a new era of economic opportunity.”
Assemblyman Kevin Kiley represents the 6th Assembly District, which includes the Sacramento, Placer, and El Dorado County communities of Cameron Park, El Dorado Hills, Fair Oaks, Folsom, Granite Bay, Lincoln, Loomis, Orangevale, Penryn, Rocklin, Roseville, and Sheridan.
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It SOUNDS like a nice idea, but that party letter next to Mr. Kiley’s name practically insures the bill will never see the light of day. The super majority doesn’t want to even work with the minority and would be happier if they just went away. The way this state has set things up with vote harvesting (thanks Jerry), allowing everybody and their mother’s mother’s mother to vote remotely in another country (/s), felons, soon-to-be minors; they are well on their way.
Remember this November: Vote early, vote often.
Nice idea, probably never happen. California is too tax greedy to let this happen.
This stupid idea is the wrong way to correct defects in existing laws. Alas, when we elect idiots, we get idiocy.
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