SACRAMENTO, CA – In response to President Trump issuing an executive order attacking states’ robust protections on artificial intelligence (AI), State Senator Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park), Chair of California’s Senate Select Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, issued the following statement:

Senator Thomas J. Umberg welcomed residents from across Senate District 34 to the annual Community Holiday Party & Toy Drive at the district office this week. The event brought neighbors together to celebrate the season, highlight local services and collect more than hundreds of toys for families in need.

Today, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) issued the following statement in response to OpenAI’s announced ballot initiative designed to limit additional legal protections from abusive and predatory AI chatbots:

SAN JOSE- CA – El Senador Estatal de California, Dave Cortese, emitió la siguiente declaración en respuesta a la "esvástica humana" antisemita en la escuela secundaria Branham en San José:

Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D–Santa Ana), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D–Orinda), Chair of the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, hosted a Joint Informational Hearing at Stanford University to examine how artificial intelligence is reshaping copyright law and California’s creative economy.

SAN JOSE- CA – CA State Senator Dave Cortese issued the following statement in response to the anti-Semitic “human swastika” at Branham High School in San Jose:

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Sen. Catherine S. Blakespear, D-Encinitas, presented a check on Monday to the City of Oceanside for $3.59 million in state funding for Oceanside Museum of Art’s (OMA) planned historic renovation and expansion project.

SAN FRANCISCO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) opposed Sutter Health’s decision to end gender affirming care for patients under 19 years old on Wednesday, December 10th.

This new state database can be an important tool for enforcing the No Vigilantes Act.

SACRAMENTO – This week, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) sent a letter (attached) to the members of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors to request further information on the rationale for the approval of the first stages of a data center application to be developed in the County.