"Terrorizing children is never the answer."

Senator Sasha Renée Pérez issues statement on federal court ruling limiting Trump’s immigration enforcement raids

SACRAMENTO—As wildfire season intensifies across the state, California is investing more resources in CAL FIRE than ever before thanks to critical funding secured by California’s Democratic leadership in this year’s state budget. 
 

SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee passed Senate Bill 57, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 57, the Ratepayer and Technological Innovation Protection Act, would protect California ratepayers and the state’s aggressive climate goals from increased costs as more companies develop data centers to meet the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI).

SACRAMENTO – State Senator Cortese’s bill creating the nation’s first-of-its-kind public wildfire catastrophe model to assess wildfire risk, inform insurance rates, and educate the public about wildfire risk passed the Assembly Insurance Committee.
Senate Bill 429 now moves forward to the Assembly Emergency Management Committee on July 14.

SACRAMENTO – The Assembly Health Committee passed Senator Scott Wiener’s (D-San Francisco) Senate Bill 41 — reining in abusive behavior by pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) — in a bipartisan vote of 14-0.

SACRAMENTO – Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) announced amendments to expand Senate Bill (SB) 53 into a first-in-the-nation transparency requirement for the largest AI companies. The new provisions draw on the recommendations of a working group led by some of the world’s leading AI experts and convened by Governor Newsom.

SACRAMENTO – Today, the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection, with bipartisan support, approved Senate Bill 243, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill would require chatbot operators to implement critical safeguards to protect users from the addictive, isolating, and influential aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots.

Three bills by Senator Christopher Cabaldon to improve access to higher education in California passed Assembly committees Tuesday on their journey to becoming law. The bills passed Tuesday expand the ability of California universities to offer online courses to students in other states, establish automatic admission to the California State University system, and protect the accreditation of California schools.

SACRAMENTO – San José could soon be home to its first public law school, and the first public law school in the California State University (CSU) system, under legislation by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) that cleared a key Assembly committee today. SB 550 passed the Assembly Higher Education Committee and now moves to the Assembly Judiciary Committee for consideration on July 15.