Ariel Boone

@arielboone

Oakland journalist & elections reporter. Former , stories ✉️ ariel.boone at gmail | she/they | proud CWA member

Oakland, CA
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    Sep 24

    My first story on aired today on : What’s inside Prop 22, Uber and Lyft’s $182M ballot measure on the fate of gig drivers?

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    8 hours ago

    Domestic workers have been historically excluded from basic workplace health and safety protections required by every other industy. would rectify that. It's been sitting on 's desk for nearly a month.

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  3. 9 hours ago

    Screenshots of Uber pushing messaging to app users.

    Saw folks posting these screen grabs, and it's honestly wild to see this. Extremely powerful tool to get their message across to voters. I can't emphasise enough just how much is stacked against progressive causes every election cycle in California and beyond.
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  4. 12 hours ago

    As temps soar in Northern California again and smoke returns to the East Bay, & compiled this list of cooling centers open around the Bay Area this week. Feel free to share:

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  5. 14 hours ago

    When I talked with a Yes on 22 spokesperson, he was quick to tout their endorsement from the NAACP. But the CA NAACP president's consulting firm has taken $1.2M from ballot campaigns, including $85,000 from Yes on 22 🧐 From + :

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  6. Sep 27

    CalTrans hard at work erecting a fence at MacArthur and Harrison in Oakland (“Giraffe Park”) just 5 days after the eviction they carried out against unhoused people there. Why is CalTrans still evicting people, flouting CDC advice, during a pandemic? Is this fence essential?

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    Sep 25

    Just now, Alameda Healthcare System workers with and announced they've voted over 98% to STRIKE! Over 3,000 public healthcare system workers are headed to the picket line to win safe, terrific patient care for the East Bay working class. Let's gooo!

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  8. Sep 24

    Radio broadcasting on with a blanket over my head this morning for acoustics was a critical error. All kittens on Earth are contractually required to investigate things moving underneath blankets

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    Sep 22

    The Anti-Kaplan PAC started by Bay Area Yimby org members has raised 110k in two days. Almost all of it came thru 100k from Lyft--surely revenge for Kaplan's failed ballot measure proposal that would have taxed Uber/Lyft 50cents per ride.

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    Sep 22

    Kao Saelee protected California as a firefighter while incarcerated. On his release date, California didn't just fail to protect him. and actively worked with ICE to have him arrested. Story by -

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  11. Sep 21

    Nothing in CA law requires companies to move to a rigid scheduling system. Also, a driver supporting told me he thought it could be amended (it can only be changed with a 7/8 vote in the legislature) - and said if he wasn't making enough $ driving, he'd probably oppose it

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  12. Sep 21

    I've talked with drivers who support Prop 22 as well. On Facebook groups for drivers, responses are mixed, with some strongly supporting it. One driver said he fears mass layoffs & rigid shift scheduling if the companies have to comply with AB 5.

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    Sep 21

    On MacArthur Boulevard & Harrison Street CalTrans is clearing people’s stuff and fencing off an underpass that provided shade for people to live in. They did give time for people to move. It’s happening now.

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  14. Sep 21

    The drivers I've talked to tell me it felt awful & made them angry over the last 6 years when they'd get in their car, open an app to start driving, and have to hit "accept" on new terms that included reductions in their pay rates, again and again.

    When I was at , we encouraged drivers to take out three-year car loans, knowing we were going to cut prices by 35%. Aka we knew we were encouraging drivers to take out debt they couldn't service w/o 70+hr work weeks. 's rentals program is version 2.0.
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  15. Sep 21

    We're also about to see a whole lot of ads. Already when you Google terms like AB 5, Prop 22, "are Uber drivers independent contractors," you see Yes on 22 search ads. And Lyft has been running its soft advocacy "Maya Angelou" ad on YouTube since August.

    Ad spending for campaign is about to go through the roof, analysts say. Nearly $2M has been spent on Facebook ads and $1M on Google, but the big money is going to be on TV
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  16. Sep 21

    So for I'm reporting on - the initiative bankrolled by Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Instacart & Postmates to permanently avoid classifying their drivers as employees - and it looks like the Yes on 22 campaign gave $2 million to the California GOP on Friday

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    Sep 21

    I gonna fucking scream

    This new company, Civvl, is hiring gig workers to help landlords evict people.
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  18. Sep 21

    I'm sad that cancer has taken the life of Russia historian Stephen Cohen. The last time I met him in the Democracy Now! studio, we had a cute baby running around, and his whole demeanor lit up the room, talking with and engaging her. He clearly loved kids. Good grandpa energy.

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    Sep 17

    people have till Oct 16 to turn in the form for this. If CalTrans took your stuff in the timeframe you’re part of the settlement / could get up to 5,500$. i’ll be on the street helping ppl fill out the form in the next few weeks. let me know if you or someone you know wants help

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    Sep 16

    Only 26 people visited Oakland's four clean-air centers this weekend. and I looked at what the city did and didn't do to give unhoused people a breathing break, and what should happen next time there's smoke. For .

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