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VOL. 33, N0. 21
MAY 31, 2019
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North River Farms vote delayed again
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By Samantha Taylor
OCEANSIDE — City Council postponed consideration of the North River Farms development project at its May 22 meeting against the wishes of many frustrated residents who say planning for the project has already dragged out long enough. The North River Farms Planned Development Project first filed its application with the city on Aug. 8, 2016. Project developers sought to amend the city’s current land use and zoning designations to allow a 176.6-acre mixed-use development in the South Morro Hills community, divided into northern and southern sections by North River Road between Stallion Drive and Wilshire Road. South Morro Hills is a community comprised of approximately 3,500 acres of agriculturally zoned land. Currently, the North River Farms project property has agricultural land use and zoning designations along with a scenic park overlay in the site’s southern area. Historically, the land has been used for crop production, is developed with various agricultural structures and vacant residences and is still presently used for farming. In its initial application, the North River Farms development plan included 680 to 985 residential units with various densities with TURN TO NORTH RIVER ON A10
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A GROWING NUMBER of freelance workers around the state have embraced working a few extra paying gigs (“side hustle”) to make ends meet. But legislation drafted in the Assembly could draw a clearer line between who is an independent contractor and who has the rights of an employee.
Bill may disrupt state’s ‘gig economy’ By Steve Horn
REGION — After three years driving for Uber, “Samantha” can’t afford healthcare or rent payments. Today, the 36-year-old Oceanside resident and college graduate lives with her parents. And a $400 monthly student-loan payment isn’t helping her dire financial straits. Mostly transporting riders to and from Ocean’s Eleven Casino, Samantha makes between $12 to $13 per hour, after gas and ve-
hicle maintenance expenses are taken into account. But a bill moving through the California leg- Gonzalez islature aims to protect people like Samantha (a pseudonym used to protect anonymity due to her tenuous employment status), who represent a large segment of con-
tract-based workers. Assembly Bill 5, which passed a floor vote on Wednesday, aims to “codify” the Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles California Supreme Court ruling issued on April 30, 2018, according to its author, Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego). Dynamex established the “ABC test” to determine whether a worker should receive contractor classification:
(A) the worker is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact; (B) that the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and (C) that the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as
the work performed Under this standard, all workers are considered employees unless a company can establish the individual meets all three conditions to qualify as an independent contractor. The bill aims to halt misclassification of workers within California’s “gig economy,” with ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft as its primary targets. “ M isclassificat ion
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