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Two AI Bills Introduced In California Senate

January 5, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 5, 2024 2:46 am

Two bills designed to both expand AI research in California as well as a new framework for the state in dealing with AI companies were introduced in the state Senate on Wednesday. The first bill, Senate Bill 892, would specifically...

Frequently Asked Questions about Gut-and-Amend Bills

January 5, 2024 2:35 amJanuary 5, 2024 2:36 am

What is a “gut-and-amend bill”? According to the California Office of Legislative Counsel, these measures are “when amendments to a bill remove the current contents in their entirety and replace them with different provisions.” What legislative rule is invoked with...

Swap Out Su: Reps. Foxx & Kiley Call on Biden to Drop Julie Su

January 4, 2024 4:27 pmJanuary 4, 2024 4:27 pm

The chair of the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee and the chair of its Workforce Protections subcommittee today asked President Joe Biden to drop his quest to remove the word “acting” from Julie Su’s labor secretary title...

First California U.S. Senate Debate To Be Held On January 23rd

January 4, 2024 11:25 amJanuary 4, 2024 11:25 am

The first California U.S. Senate debate was announced on Thursday, with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), former baseball star Steve Garvey (R), Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA), and Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) all being invited to the event to be held in...

U-Haul 2023 Reports California Beats Every State for Residents Moving Out

January 4, 2024 7:35 am

When will California politicians admit that residents are fleeing the Golden State in droves, and have been for a decade? The U-Hauls leaving California in 2023 marked the fourth consecutive year the once Golden State finished on top of the...

Ringside: Challenging the Water Orthodoxy

January 4, 2024 3:30 amJanuary 4, 2024 3:31 am

Along with energy, water abundance is a nonnegotiable prerequisite for conditions we value and aspire to achieve: prosperity, affordability, resilience, and equity. But judging from California’s restrictive policies over the past fifty years, continuously escalating in severity and scope, you...

Pro-Palestinian Protests Force California Assembly Adjournment

January 4, 2024 2:45 amJanuary 4, 2024 2:46 am

The California Assembly went into recess and then was abruptly adjourned on Wednesday in Sacramento following a demonstration by a large group of Pro-Palestinian protestors. Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas War in October, several political and state events have...