Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a package of housing bills aimed at fast-tracking construction, addressing homelessness and holding cities accountable to the state’s housing laws.
The legislation strengthens reporting requirements on cities’ progress in permitting housing, toughens penalties for localities that resist new development and requires cities and counties to take into account the needs of their lowest-income and homeless residents when they develop long-range housing plans.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t be the next president of the United States.
But the bills piled on his desk in Sacramento could help determine the fate of human civilization. No big deal.
Lawmakers passed bold legislation focused on climate change, energy, water and human health that could set a precedent for other states, and the world — depending on whether Newsom signs or vetoes them.
(CalMatters) - California legislators just sent Gov. Gavin Newsom more than a dozen bills regulating artificial intelligence, testing for threats to critical infrastructure, curbing the use of algorithms on children, limiting the use of deepfakes, and more.
Property Owners Would Be Able to Use Power They Generate for Themselves
(The Independent) - A bill that would enable schools, shopping centers and landlords of multi-unit residential buildings to use the electricity they collect with their own rooftop solar systems has passed the California Legislature.
(ALM LAW) - In the final days of California’s legislative session, lawmakers sent Gov. Gavin Newsom a closely watched bill that creates new rules for large-scale generative artificial intelligence models, setting the stage for the tech friendly leader to opt for precedent-setting regulation or industry-demanded innovative space.
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