On June 23, a professional petitioning firm, and a PAC that wants to hire it, sued California over its 2019 law that classifies paid petitioners as employees instead of as independent contractors. Mobilize the Message v Bonta, c.d., 2:21cv-5115. Here is the 17-page Complaint.

The California law does not classify door-to-door salespersons as employees, nor individuals who delivery newspapers door-to-door, so the lawsuit points out that California is granting more freedom for commercial speech than for political speech. Thanks to the Free Speech Institute for this news.