SACRAMENTO – Today, California Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 57, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 57 directs the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to conduct a study to examine the impact data center development and expanded grid demands with have on California ratepayers as tech companies work to meet the growing energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI).
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SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, Governor Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 638, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). The transformative measure would create the California Middle Class Pipeline Project, tasked with eliminating traditional barriers to career technical education and workforce development programs. The Pipeline Project reimagines career technical education in the state, bringing it in line with the needs of the 21st century economy. In conjunction with millions secured in the state budget, the law will create grant opportunities for workforce development programs in high-unemployment and low-income regions of the state.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 243, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 243, the first-of-its-kind in the nation, would require chatbot operators to implement critical, reasonable, and attainable safeguards around interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and provide families with a private right to pursue legal actions against noncompliant and negligent developers.
SACRAMENTO – Yesterday, the California State Legislature passed Senate Bill 388, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 388 creates a California Latino Commission to serve as a powerful tool for policy change, research, and advocacy that improves the economic well-being and social mobility of Latinos across the state.
SACRAMENTO – Today, the California State Assembly passed Senate Bill 243, authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego). SB 243, the first-of-its-kind in the nation, would require chatbot operators to implement critical, reasonable, and attainable safeguards around interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and provide families with a private right to pursue legal actions against noncompliant and negligent developers.
SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement in response to the racist comments made towards San Diego County Supervisor Monica Montgomery Steppe during a public hearing:
SACRAMENTO – Today, after learning of the tragic story of Adam Raine, the California teen that ended his life after being allegedly encouraged to by ChatGPT, California State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego), penned a letter to every member of the California State Legislature (attached) urging them to support the critical protections in his legislation, Senate Bill 243. SB 243, the first-of-its-kind in the nation, would require chatbot operators to implement critical, reasonable, and attainable safeguards to protect users from the addictive, isolating, and influential aspects of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots and provide families with a private right to pursue legal actions against noncompliant and negligent developers.
SACRAMENTO – Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following an agreement between Coachella Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) and Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team (FCMAT), California’s long standing system for addressing financially unsound school districts: