"I was forced to make a decision: do something that could kill me or pay my bills," Murphy said. "And now, as Uber and Lyft threaten to kill jobs and leave California, I can feel the companies try to force me into making another decision: give them what they want on the November ballot—a special exemption to keep denying me and my fellow drivers the benefits we have earned—or give up my livelihood and possibly my life." As a last ditch effort, Uber is doubling down on its $110 million campaign featuring a coalition of app-based companies (including Lyft, DoorDash, Postmates, and Instacart) that have put forward a ballot initiative called Proposition 22. The ballot measure would carve out an exemption in AB5 for gig companies and purportedly offers a minimum wage of $15.60 an hour, but an analysis by the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that the actual wage offered is closer to $5.64 an hour. "Drivers are people too," Gage added. "Not just numbers like Uber and Lyft makes us out to be."