Bautista

I. BACKGROUND

19 A. Factual Allegations 20 Defendant Juul Labs, Inc. (“Juul”) is a foreign stock corporation that makes electronic 21 cigarettes. See Dkt. No. 100 (“Second Amended Complaint” or “SAC”) ¶ 16. In the run-up to 22 San Francisco’s November 5, 2019 municipal election, Juul oversaw the Yes on C Campaign to 23 pass Proposition C (the “Campaign”), which would have overturned a San Francisco ordinance 24 suspending the sale of electronic cigarettes. Id. ¶ 3. Juul hired Defendant Long Ying 25 International, Inc. (“Long Ying”), a campaign operator based in San Francisco, and Defendant 26 David Ho, the CEO for Long Ying, to help manage the Campaign’s operations. Id. ¶ 5. 27 Long Ying and its owner David Ho hired the named plaintiffs and roughly 365 other workers (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) to provide canvassing, phone banking, and related administrative services for the Campaign. Id. ¶¶ 3, 116. These campaign workers were hired as independent contractors and were required to sign a form independent contractor agreement with Long Ying. Id. ¶¶ 8, 89. Plaintiffs allege that Defendant Juul and Coalition were also legal employers of the…