Share On Aug. 29, the California Legislature passedSenate Bill 1047— the Safe and Secure Innovation for Frontier Artificial Intelligence Models Act — and sent it to Gov. Gavin Newsom for signature. Newsom’s choice, due by Sept. 30, is binary: Kill it or make it law. Acknowledging the...
What –Effective January 1, 2023, Senate Bill 1044 protects employees from retaliation for refusing to work in "emergency conditions." Employees will be entitled to leave work or not come in during emergency conditions if they have a reasonable belief that the workplace is unsafe. You can requi...
A few other notable bills: Assembly Bill 12 limits the amount landlords can charge for a security deposit to just one month’s rent. Senate Bill 4 removes certain barriers to allow churches, religious organizations and colleges to build “affordable housing” on land they own. Senate Bill 567 ...
At Bell’s, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Santa Barbara County’s Los Alamos, owners diligently tracked the progress of both state Senate bills and awaited final word before determining whether to remove their 20% service charge, which benefits all nonmanagerial ...
The legislation,California Senate Bill 1047, has taken on added significance as efforts to regulate AI at the federal level have proved elusive in a presidential election year. It aims to put guardrails on the development and use of the most powerful AI models by mandating that developers comply...
On September 27, 2024, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, signed into law Senate Bill 219 (SB 219), which enacts several amendments to the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253) and the Climate‐Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261), both of which are summ...
The California Senate has approved a bill that would ban school districts from requiring teachers to notify parents if their child asks to go by a new pronoun at school.
The measure is among hundreds of bills that passed in the state Senate and Assembly this week before Friday—the last day a bill can pass out of its original chamber and get a chance to become law later this year. The bill, which passed the Assembly floor with bipartisan support, would ...
California Senate clears bills to help county recover.(Orange County, California)Altman, Brad
Senate primary in 2024. AROUND THE STATE — Imperial Beach City Council approved a controversial amended ordinance that allows new renter protections for “no-fault” lease terminations. The new law would also require landlords to pay for relocation expenses for those who are evicted in situations...