Typical.
California see Uber and Lyft functioning effectively and efficiently, providing a public service while making a profit, so of course they have to 'involve' themselves in it somehow to screw it all up. This is what California does with everything there.
I have no doubt that if a few politicians and bureaucrats get the right payoff, somehow, some way, this will all just fade away and be forgotten. It reads like a shakedown to me.