Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed Sen. Jerry McNerney’s SB 813, establishing a first-in-the-nation framework for independent, third-party assessments of potential safety risks posed by artificial intelligence systems.

Senator Maria Elena Durazo, Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, & Mayor Bass are calling on Governor Newsom to sign AB 817 and SB 716, holding corporations accountable.

I unequivocally condemn violence in all its forms, regardless of who uses it or whom it targets.

SB 1048 earns bipartisan support, heads to Governor’s desk

Bores, Didech and Wiener propose independently verified agreement to pace frontier AI development
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The lawmakers behind the country’s three strongest state-level frontier AI safety laws—Senator Scott Wiener (CA), Assemblymember. Alex Bores (NY), and Rep. Daniel Didech (IL)—today called on leading AI companies to establish an independently verified agreement to pace the development of increasingly powerful models until safety research catches up.

SB 1301 and SB 1209 Sent to Governor to Improve Ratepayer Protections
SACRAMENTO – Senator Ben Allen (D-Pacific Palisades) advanced a pair of policies out of the Legislature to protect ratepayers from unnecessarily losing their insurance coverage or falling victim to bad business practices.

Sacramento, Calif. (September 3, 2026)—State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) secured $171 million in the 2026–27 state budget package for the Safe and Affordable Funding for Equity and Resilience (SAFER) program, protecting critical drinking-water assistance for communities across California.
SAFER helps meet that need through emergency water supplies, system repairs, technical assistance, infrastructure improvements and permanent solutions for struggling water systems.

Ten of Senator Sabrina Cervantes’ (D-Riverside) bills were approved by the Senate and Assembly and are now at Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. These bills address safeguarding personal privacy, affordability for working families, and protecting the right to vote for millions of lawfully registered California voters. Two other Cervantes’ bills—Senate Bill 73: Elections Systems Safeguarding and Senate Bill 928: Protecting California State University (CSU) Employees from AI Encroachment—have already been signed into law by Governor Newsom this year.

Sacramento, Calif. (September 2, 2026)—Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-Bakersfield) issued a statement applauding the inclusion of language in the state budget which restores wage parity between sheep and goat herders through January 1, 2029. Senator Hurtado’s leadership protects an industry which is increasingly relied upon to reduce wildfire fuels and safeguard communities across California.

Senator Allen Seeks to Establish Low-Interest Loans for Home Hardening Renovations
SACRAMENTO – Few policy priorities go hand-in-hand like resilience and affordability. The benefits of increasing fire resilience, through thoughtful structural and community design, ripple beyond protecting homes and saving lives. These improvements simultaneously expand access to better, more affordable insurance policies and save public resources, infrastructure, and tax dollars.