California's Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1776, the COMPETE Act, introduced by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), which expands the state's antitrust law to give the attorn…
California lawmakers passed a bill governing lawyers' use of generative AI in legal practice, introduced by state Senator Tom Umberg, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to impose potential sanct…
At least six Bay Area cities have imposed moratoria or begun rewriting development codes amid a political revolt over data center construction, triggered by a 438,500-square-foot Amazon data center ri…
California lawmakers passed a series of bills in the final days of the legislative session, including measures that increase public pension costs, expand antitrust liability, restrict data center wate…
California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 1119, known as Adam's Law, establishing first-in-the-nation safety requirements for AI chatbots used by minors, including age verification, limits on targeted a…
A May Gallup poll found seven in 10 Americans oppose data center construction in their communities, and California lawmakers are advancing seven bills to regulate the facilities amid a lobbying push l…
Big Tech companies including Amazon and Anthropic are spending heavily in Sacramento to oppose or weaken seven California bills that would regulate data center construction, as the measures head towar…
California lawmakers on Thursday advanced three consumer-backed home insurance bills, including SB 1301 by Sen. Ben Allen, which would double nonrenewal notice from 45 to 90 days starting in 2028, whi…
California's AI Transparency Act (SB 942 as amended by AB 853) took effect August 2, 2026, requiring covered generative AI providers with more than 1 million monthly California users to offer free pub…
California State Senator Dave Cortese argues that taxpayers are subsidizing health care for employees of large corporations through Medi-Cal, and that federal cuts in H.R. 1 will worsen the burden. Th…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an $11.25 billion affordable housing bond for the November ballot, while President Donald Trump torpedoed a bipartisan federal housing bill by demanding unrelat…
A letter writer warns that California's state-mandated upzoning, which forces cities to add thousands of new housing units without ensuring adequate evacuation routes, is creating deadly wildfire risk…
California lawmakers introduced a bill to strengthen campaign disclosure requirements for social media influencers paid to promote candidates or causes. The bill would allow the Fair Political Practic…