California just moved from talking about AI safety to building concrete oversight.
Last month, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered faster implementation of independent AI audits and development of a verified “kill
A bill by state Sen. Ben Allen, D-Pacific Palisades, has been signed into law to help more Californians at risk of losing coverage on the private insurance market.
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California unions whose members depend on the state budget for their salaries celebrated last week when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation aimed at plugging corporate tax loopholes.
“Giant, highly profitable,
California’s Nov. 3 ballot contains 14 statewide ballot measures and five of them pertain to taxes, including the much-debated Proposition 40, which would tax the wealth of the
California's film and television industry has received two additional lines of support. One will establish a new tax credit for post-production jobs. The other will stabilize the
Nearly a half-century ago, while addressing a group of high school students, Jerry Brown enunciated his canoe theory of governance.
“The way you have to approach the political process
Since the earliest years of its history, California has been a political battlefield over divvying up the state’s water. The intensity of the multisided conflict, like water itself, ebbs
Whether we agree politically, or whether we couldn’t disagree more — your vote is your sacred responsibility and right.
Recently, President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security claimed to
California politicians — Gov. Gavin Newsom in particular — are fond of portraying their state as an economic powerhouse of global stature.
“We dominate in every category,” Newsom bragged earlier this year,
California Coastal Cleanup Day returns this September for its 42nd year, and organizers expect the state's largest volunteer event to draw more than 50,000 people to hundreds
One might think — or at least hope — that scientific research would be an important factor as politicians contemplate changes in public policy.
Alas, it’s generally given no more weight
A first-in-the-nation bill that would establish low-interest loans to help Californians pay for wildfire retrofitting has been sent to Gov. Newsom.
SB 894, introduced by state
