
Legislation Proposes to Create AI Working Group Across California Agencies
At present, existing law requires the Secretary of GovOps to develop standards for defining and determining the harmful impacts of ...

Assembly to Hold Hearing on EDD Reform
On Monday, Oct. 25, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee will ...

State Capitol: Major Changes Ahead for California Tech
California’s future is heavily invested in innovative technology, but numerous legacy IT systems across the state struggle to modernize, exceeding ...

PG&E Warns of 3rd PSPS Event of the Year for Northern California
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) today issued a press release warning its customers that the third Public Power Safety Shutoff ...

CAISO, CPUC, CEC Issue Preliminary Report on Blackouts
The Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee will be holding an oversight hearing with the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), California ...

Assembly exempts solar farms from ‘split roll’ tax initiative
The Assembly has approved SB 364 (Mitchell) to exempt solar farms from Proposition 15, the "split-roll" initiative on the November ...

Legislation to Regulate Facial Recognition Technology Stalls
Assembly Bill 2261 by Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-Monterey Park), which would regulate the way government agencies use facial recognition technology ...

Pumped Storage Legislation Advancing
As we have been reporting, there are two bills dealing with the NextEra Eagle Crest Pumped Storage Project, one that ...

An Ambitious Environmental Agenda that Includes Climate Bond and California’s Own Green New Deal
Legislators returned to work this week and wasted little time in promoting a climate bond to deal with the next ...

Housing Data Bill Passes Legislature
Legislation requiring local government agencies to post housing-related data online yesterday passed the Senate and is now on its way ...