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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A group of technology-empowered rebels, including Uber, Lyft and Doordash, have dodged a potentially devastating blow to their industry by carving out an exemption for themselves from a California law that required them to classify their drivers as employees instead of contractors.

California voters passed Proposition 22, winning 58% of more than 11 million voters and delivering a stinging rebuke to state lawmakers and labor leaders who were fighting for better working conditions for a growing number of people who drive for ride-hailing and food delivery services in the nation's most populous state.