California signed a first-of-its-kind centralized contract with Anthropic on June 29, 2026, to deploy Claude AI across state and local agencies, following Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order N-5-2…
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Anthropic reached an agreement making Claude the first AI tool available to all state agencies and local governments, with a 50% price discount, free workforce tra…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed executive orders in March and May 2026 to expand AI use in state government, including stricter vendor safeguards and labor market studies, while creating a reg…
California hospitals are closing psychiatric beds due to new state staffing rules requiring one nurse per six adult patients, effective June 1. Hospital executives say the mandate forces them to reduc…
California Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators agreed on a $351.7 billion budget that extends sales tax to prewritten software downloaded from the web, raising $2 billion annually startin…
Bay Area hospitals are racing to rebuild, retrofit or replace aging facilities before California's 2030 deadline requiring them to withstand major earthquakes and continue treating patients. With 45% …
San Jose has trained its 1,000th employee on AI tools as part of a plan to boost government efficiency and preserve jobs amid budget cuts. The city aims to train 2,500 workers by 2027, leveraging AI t…
A California ballot measure proposing a one-time 5% tax on billionaires' net worth will appear on the November ballot after opponents failed to reach a deal before the June 25 deadline. The tax, which…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic lawmakers reached a deal on the state's $350 billion budget, which includes a constitutional amendment to bolster the rainy day fund and a bond plan for hou…
Faith in Action East Bay executive director Todd Benson urges California Senator Jerry McNerney to pass AB 2465, which would end government subsidies for companies profiting from immigration detention…
Santa Clara County's child welfare agency faces renewed criticism after failing to act on abuse warnings that preceded the death of 2-year-old Jaxon Juarez, with letter writers demanding accountabilit…
California launched the nation's first AI-Unemployment Tracker on Thursday to detect automation-driven job losses. Developed by Governor Gavin Newsom's office, the Employment Development Department, a…
California voters will decide 14 ballot measures in November, the most since 2016, including a billionaire tax, environmental review reforms, and medical research bonds. The measures address affordabi…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a federal minimum tax on billionaires and a national fund to give Americans a stake in AI-generated wealth, arguing the tax should be addressed at the federal lev…
California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a nationwide billionaire tax and a federal AI equity fund, arguing that every American should own a piece of the future built by artificial intelligence. He…
California launched the nation's first state-level AI-Unemployment Tracker under Governor Gavin Newsom's executive order, revealing that college-educated workers in AI-exposed occupations, particularl…
California launched the nation's first AI-Unemployment Tracker (CAIT) to monitor AI-related job loss in real time. Early data shows no mass layoffs statewide, but elevated claims among college-educate…
California launched the first-in-the-nation AI-Unemployment Tracker (CAIT) to monitor AI-related job loss, finding no evidence of large-scale displacement despite predictions from tech CEOs. The dashb…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on May 21 directing state agencies to study AI's impact on jobs, including a public dashboard to track AI-related job losses across sectors. …
California launched a new portal to track AI-related job losses, serving as an early warning system for widespread job cuts due to artificial intelligence. The tracker, updated monthly, uses Unemploym…