SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following President Biden’s announcement he will not seek re-election:
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SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following the sudden passing of Rebecca Taylor, Chair of the San Diego County Democratic Party:
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Senate passed Senate Joint Resolution 18, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), which urges the Center for Disease Control to conduct an investigation into the health impacts surrounding the ongoing pollution crisis in the Tijuana River, a piece of Senator Padilla’s Tijuana River pollution legislative package.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials approved Senate Bills 1178 and 1208, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), which address corporate pollution poisoning California waters (Senate Bill 1178) as well as halt the development of a landfill that would only further pollute the Tijuana River Watershed (Senate Bill 1208).
SACRAMENTO – Today, the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee passed Senate Bill 764, the Child Content Creator Rights Act. The bill, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), would ensure content creators under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management approved Senate Bill 990 by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The bill would direct the Office of Emergency Services to specifically establish what best practices state and local governments are to use when addressing the needs of the LGBTQ+ community after a disaster.
SACRAMENTO –Yesterday, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Joint Resolution 18, which urges the Center for Disease Control to conduct an investigation into the health impacts surrounding the ongoing pollution crisis in the Tijuana River.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Senate passed Senate Bills 892 and 893, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) with unanimous support. Both measures leverage California’s economic power and position as one of the nation’s largest purchasers of technology services to both develop a public artificial intelligence (AI) resource and the creation of a risk assessment model for the state to implement when procuring automated decision systems (ADS).