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    George Skelton: Newsom breaks from fellow Democrats and aligns with the enemy on Lyft-backed Prop. 30

    by George Skelton, Los Angeles Times Sep 30, 2022 3 minutes
    In this file photo, passengers make their way to the rideshare location at LAX as Uber and Lyft drivers held a moving rally as part of a statewide day of action to demand that both ride-hailing companies follow California law and grant drivers "basic employee rights" and to "denounce the corporations' efforts to avoid their responsibilities to workers."

    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — This is very rare: a California governor on the opposite side of his state party on a major public policy issue.

    Not just taking sides against the Democratic Party, but also opposing his core political base: environmentalists and much of organized labor, including firefighters.

    Conversely, Gov. Gavin Newsom is aligned with the enemy — the California Republican Party — plus the state Chamber of Commerce and the California Taxpayers Association.

    And on this issue, Proposition 30 on the November ballot, bravo for the governor.

    Most of his traditional allies in the

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