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California Online Voter Registration

January 21, 2022 3:15 pmJanuary 21, 2022 1:23 pm

Elections Code Division 2, Chapter 2.5 provides online voter registration standards. Section 2196 provides that a person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid California driver’s license or state identification card may submit an affidavit...

Self-Driving Car Company Pony.ai Permit Suspended By DMV Following Accident

December 15, 2021 2:22 amDecember 14, 2021 8:55 pm

Pony.ai, a joint American-Chinese self-driving car venture, had its testing permit pulled by the Califoria Department of Motor Vehicles on Tuesday following details emerging from a crash involving one of their cars in late October. Pony.ai is currently one of...

SF Transportation Agency Raises Several Challenges, Concerns Against Driverless Passenger Car Service

December 2, 2021 3:57 pm

The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) severely challenged driverless vehicle passenger ride services in a letter on Thursday, pointing out numerous flaws and issues with GM’s Cruise service. Cruise, along with Alphabet’s Waymo and other services, are currently locked...

Governor Newsom Signs Bill That Requires All Self-Driving Cars To Be Zero Emission By 2030

September 24, 2021 11:50 am

A bill that would require all autonomous vehicles in California to be solely zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by 2030 was signed into law by Governor Newsom on Thursday. Senate Bill 500, authored by Senator Dave Min (D-Irvine), would specifically prohibit the...

More Voting ‘Irregularities’ Across California on Recall Election Day

September 14, 2021 9:46 amSeptember 14, 2021 5:51 pm

The Globe reported Monday voters around California were already reporting voting irregularities when they tried to vote in person. “At El Camino Real Charter High School in Woodland Hills, some voters say they were told the computers showed them as...

CPUC Approves First Driverless Vehicle Passenger Ride Service in State

June 7, 2021 10:46 am

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved the first vehicle company, Cruise, to have passengers in a driverless vehicle in California. While eight other companies currently operate driverless vehicle testing permits in California without a safety driver needing to be...

Why Can’t Government Do IT?

April 12, 2021 7:05 amApril 12, 2021 7:05 am

With the rather significant failures of various government technology systems – specifically those involved in implementing proper, fraud-free unemployment benefit disbursement – the question of ‘why can’t government do big tech?’ has lurched back into public view. If you think government lags...