Obviously this means California should intervene even more on behalf of its gig workers. If earnings are forced to 0 then they can only go up afterwards!

Appeals to reading comprehension are pointless on HN, why are you wasting your time? Nobody expects an intelligent dialogue about journalism from a site that historically leans towards the tech crowd. What's your next trick, pointing out that every professional journalist knows >90% of readers stop after the headline and strategically leverage that to lie?