SACRAMENTO – Today, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) issued the following statement on the passing of civil rights champion Reverend Jesse Jackson:
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SACRAMENTO – Today, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) issued the following statement after the Imperial County Board of Supervisors once again, failed to answer his critical questions regarding a controversial data center development.
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 1033,
a measure protecting consumers by holding the protein product industry accountable through required testing of heavy metal content and public disclosure of those results.
SACRAMENTO – Today, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) issued the following statement ahead of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors holding a vote on a controversial data center development despite public health concerns as well as lawsuits disputing claims made in the proposed agreement. The forthcoming vote on a proposed lot merger will shape what comes next for the project.
SACRAMENTO – Last week, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) sent a letter (attached) to the CEOs of OpenAI and toy manufacturer Mattel, Sam Altman and Ynon Kreiz, urging greater public transparency into the capacity of and safeguards around the AI-enabled products they are working to introduce to the market.
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 941, which would prohibit the excessive markup of products sold at private detention facilities.
SACRAMENTO – This week, the California State Senate approved Senate Bill 58 by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), which will update California’s air quality standard for hydrogen sulfide (H2S), a gas that is found at high concentrations in the Tijuana River Valley and the Salton Sea region. California’s hydrogen sulfide standard has not been updated since 1969.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Senate approved Senate Bill 300, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). Last year, Senator Padilla authored SB 243, which created the nation’s first guardrails for artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. SB 300 would build on this effort by further strengthening the protections against exposing minors to sexually explicit material.