The $ 200 million campaign in support of the measure was the most expensive in state history. The campaign was the biggest expensive in history.

The ballot measure mandates that drivers for Uber, Lyft and DoorDash will receive new benefits, such as minimum hourly earnings. But drivers wo n’t get the full protections and benefits that come with employment, as they may have had to under another law, ab5. Labor groups, which opposed the law, raised only a tenth as much money.

Uber’s CEO, Dara Khosrowshahi, predicted a sharp increase in fare prices and fewer drivers on the platform if prop 22 failed. If Uber had to hire its drivers, it would only have room for 280,000 workers instead of the 1.4 million who currently use the app.

Uber’s email to drivers includes pic.twitter.com/5jnib17fx6. I’m not going around, driving Uber, calling myself jasmine,”she says.

The ruling was in response to a preliminary injunction filed by California attorney general Xavier Becerra. The law enshrines the so-called’ABC test’ to determine if someone is a contractor or an employee.