Lemon Law – California 1998

"Self-employed gain coverage in lemon law"

"Lemon law protections will be extended to self-employed workers Jan. 1, ending nearly three decades of unequal treatment of real estate agents, contractors, landscapers and other small business owners whose vehicles do double duty at work and home.'It's time to break out the lemon-aid and celebrate,' said a jubilant Rosemary Shahan, president of Consumers for Auto Reliability and Safety in Sacramento, a non-profit advocacy group that has pushed for lemon-law reform for five years.'I'm happy there's finally been progress,' said tour operator Alison Bolze of Redondo Beach. 'If we'd had this law when we needed it, it would have saved us enormous problems.' "

– San Jose Mercury News, August 28, 1998