Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill opposed by Silicon Valley
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed SB 1047, an artificial intelligence safety bill that would have established requirements for developers of advanced AI…
Newsom vetoes bill intended to enforce heat rules for farmworkers
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make it easier for farmworkers to make a workers’ compensation claim for heat illness.SB 1299…
Mark Hamill, J.J. Abrams, sign letter in support of AI safety bill SB 1047
More than 125 Hollywood actors, directors, producers, music artists and entertainment industry leaders have added their names to a letter released Tuesday urging Gov. Gavin…
California’s AI safety bill is under fire. Making it law is the best way to improve it
On Aug. 29, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 1047 — the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act — and sent…
Newsom signs legislative crime package addressing organized retail theft
SAN JOSE — Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed 10 bills in what he is calling an unprecedented effort to combat escalating retail crimes, car thefts and…
Campaign funds and charity help Big Oil wield power in California
In the weeks before California lawmakers left Sacramento for their summer recess, more than a dozen environmental bills died amid heavy industry opposition in a…
California law that ended single-family zoning struck down for 5 cities
A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has ruled that a landmark law ending single-family-home-only zoning in California is unconstitutional, a decision that could lead…
Opinion: Texas border law Senate Bill 4 is understandable, terrible and doomed
I wonder what the people will look like. You know, the ones police in Texas are supposed to stop and question if they look as…
California gun law could create — not prevent — more victims
Kismet Jackson used to carry her handgun just about everywhere in San Bernardino County. To get her nails done. To pick up her prescription. To…
Healthcare minimum wage expected to cost $4 billion in first year as California budget deficit looms
SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that set a first-in-the-nation minimum wage for healthcare workers, three words in a bill analysis foretold potential…