When John Parker's friend needed a lift to his medical appointment in Malibu from Simi Valley, his buddy didn't call an ambulance or have his wife or neighbor drive him; instead the 75-year-old hailed a ride-sharing service. 

Parker said his friend's insurance covered the ride for the trip to the doctor's office.

“Uber and Lyft, they are so much more efficient now,” said Parker, the chief financial officer at Parker Brown, a San Fernando-based construction company that specializes in building medical facilities.

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Local business leaders are slamming the Seattle City Council's decision to impose a head tax on the city's top employers. Calling it a "tax on jobs," those who oppose the tax say the city is doing too little to help the homeless with the funds it already has. There is little trust that the new funds raised will put much of a dent in solving the problem, but it does make Seattle seem less business-friendly, they said.

The new tax will charge companies that gross more than $20M a year a $275-per-employee head tax. That is about half of what the originally proposed tax would have been. 

Just days after the city council's unanimous vote to pass the tax, a petition to repeal the tax is already circulating.

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