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DESERTSUN.COM MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019 9A California SACRAMENTO, Calif. The California Legislature faces key decisions this week, including trying to rein in police use of force, prevent rent spikes, and alter la- bor laws workers in the gig economy. Friday is the deadline for the Assembly and Senate to pass or reject bills that originated in each chamber. If they sur- vive, they will be considered by the opposing chamber before lawmakers adjourn in September. Some of the measures facing key votes: Gig economy Companies like Uber and Lyft helped create the so- called gig economy.

Legislation pending in the Assem- bly could set a clearer standard for who, exactly, is an independent contractor with a and who has the rights of a employee. Backed by labor unions, the bill, AB5, could expand rights and to workers now labeled indepen- dent contractors, in turn upending some industries. It comes amid a state Supreme Court ruling and a wave of protests that are pressing policy makers to look at the print of rights as the nature of work changes. The details, though, are bound to be subject See LEGISLATURE, Page 14A Uber and Lyft drivers carry signs during a demonstration May 8 outside of Uber headquarters in San Francisco. Companies like Uber and Lyft helped create the so-called gig economy.

ERIC FILE Rent spikes, gig jobs up for legislative action Legislature also faces decision on police use of force this week Andrew Oxford ASSOCIATED PRESS RIVERSIDE Authorities say three members of a family were injured, one critically, when they were ejected from the log ride at a Southern California amusement park. Fire say the ride malfunctioned and one of the log-shaped vessels overturned Saturday at Castle Park in Riverside. say riders were thrown from the vessel and trapped in the water. Fire Capt. Brian Guzzetta says a woman was hospi- talized in critical condition.

A man and 10-year-old boy were treated at a hospital for minor injuries. Guzzetta says a pump apparently malfunctioned, preventing the of water onto the track. He says when the log descended from one of the falls, there enough water to slow it down and it crashed. The log ride is closed during an investigation but Castle Park will remain open through the weekend. Log-ride crash injures 3 at California park ASSOCIATED PRESS DS-TDS0009488-01 LOS ANGELES Los Angeles police say shot and wounded a woman armed with a gun in a residential neighborhood.

say the woman was pointing a handgun at her own head when encountered her Sunday morning in Reseda. say the shooting happened as were trying to get the woman to put down the weapon. They say what immediately preceded the gun- The woman was hospitalized in stable condition. No were injured. A handgun was recovered at scene.

Los Angeles police shoot, wound woman armed with handgun ASSOCIATED PRESS.