Gavin Newsom
The National Governors Association, long a symbol of bipartisan cooperation, faces internal division as Democratic governors threaten to withdraw over federal troop orders. California’s Gavin Newsom and Illinois’s JB Pritzker criticized the organization’s silence on what they view as federal overreach into state National Guards. They argue the group’s credibility depends on defending state sovereignty […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 53, requiring major AI developers to publicly disclose safety and security protocols and to report serious incidents to the state. The law adds whistleblower protections for AI workers and lays groundwork for “CalCompute,” a state-run cloud aimed at research and oversight. Authored by Sen. Scott Wiener after a broader effort […]
California repealed a 2011 law that made parents of chronically absent students eligible for misdemeanor charges, a policy championed during Kamala Harris’s tenure as San Francisco DA and later state AG. Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, AB 461 ends punitive measures that critics said criminalized families rather than addressing root causes of absenteeism. The old […]
Wildfires in the Los Angeles area have caused widespread devastation, destroying over 1,000 structures, killing at least two people, and forcing more than 70,000 residents to evacuate. Three major fires—the Eaton, Palisades, and Hurst Fires—are burning across the region, fueled by strong winds, dry conditions, and little recent rainfall. The fires have affected affluent neighborhoods, […]
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