Los Angeles and California at large should allow...
Los Angeles and California at large should allow for innovation, specifically in the form of the transportation company Uber, wrote FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai in a Tuesday Los Angeles Times op-ed (http://lat.ms/12zqh75). Uber allows users to hail rides through its…
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smartphone app. Pai described the battles the company has had with the California Public Utilities Commission, as well as recently L.A. It has faced opposition largely due to incumbents wanting to protect their market, he said. “Heavy-handed regulations hurt the very consumers they're supposed to help,” Pai said. “Consumers fare best when the barriers to business entry are low, which helps ensure that the market -- any market -- becomes competitive and stays that way.” Pai said these hurdles exist in many ways, noting how professional boards can impede telemedicine “by requiring state-by-state licensing or in-person consultations and even restricting who can sell tooth-whitening services.”