SACRAMENTO – Last week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 1049, a bill to create a program to certify and highlight businesses paying workers a living wage, one that allows full-time employees to afford a decent standard of living in the region they work. The bill also requires the Department of Industrial Relations to develop a calculation of what a living wage would be in every county of the state.
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SACRAMENTO – Last week, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 1006, a bill to establish milestone goals for transmission infrastructure development for the first time in California history, aligning the state’s grid with its energy ambitions.
Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 995, a bill aimed at addressing California’s severe teacher shortage and improving the education outcomes of California students.
Today, the California State Senate 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.
Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bill 967, a bill to create a pilot project in Imperial County to develop a 3 day dust forecast and dust storm early warning system to improve the quality of life in the region.
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) introduced Senate Bills 892 and 893, measures designed to leverage California’s economic power to both develop a public artificial intelligence (AI) resource and the creation of a safe and ethical framework for AI service providers contracting with the state, one of the nation’s largest purchasers of technology services.
SACRAMENTO – Today, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) announced he would introduce language to amend Senate Bill 764, requiring content creators that feature minors in at least 30% of their content, to set aside a proportionate percentage of their earnings in a trust for the minor to access when they reach adulthood. Named the Child Content Creator Rights Act, the legislation would ensure influencers under 18 earn fair financial benefits from the use of their image.
SACRAMENTO –Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) released the following statement today following Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of Senate Bill 751, a measure that would have ended the practice of private entities abusing Act of God provisions, undermining a worker’s right to strike.