Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from October 2012 – June 2021. Hosted by A Martinez.
The popularity of ride-sharing services like Uber, Lyft and Sidecar may be increasing at a break neck pace, but they stall when it comes to politics. These ride sharing services are facing a lot of opposition from those who'd like to see a lot more regulation.
And as political neophytes, these services face an uphill battle. For example, they spent just over $539,000 to lobby in Sacramento from 2013 to March of this year.
Meanwhile, those who hope to place more regulations on them spent $6.1 million in the same time period, more than 11 times as much.
Political reporter Joe Garofoli has been writing about this David and Goliath story for the San Francisco Chronicle, and he explains why Silicon Valley gets out-maneuvered in politics.