(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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With two months left before the U.S. presidential elections, state and federal officials are looking for more ways to address the risks of disinformation from AI and other sources.
District 13’s state senator prioritizes AI, homeless housing and the justice system
(San Mateo Daily Journal) - As the 2023-24 legislative session comes to a close, state Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, has authored several bills that have successfully passed the Legislature and are now waiting for Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature — including artificial intelligence regulation and streamlining homeless shelter production.
It was known as the Mexican Repatriation, and it began in 1930, as the Great Depression took hold. President Herbert Hoover announced a plan to ensure “American jobs for real Americans” – implying anyone of Mexican descent was not a “real” American.
(KQED) - A bill making its way through the California state legislature would commemorate a little-known chapter of U.S. history: a large-scale deportation of Mexicans — and Mexican Americans — nearly a century ago. And the bill’s backers say it’s all the more relevant in this election year when mass deportation is again a political topic.
For California laws, the buck does really stop at Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk.
While the Legislature approved hundreds of bills before ending its regular session on Aug. 31, Newsom decides whether they become law.
(RCW Pulse) - State Sen. Josh Becker (D-Menlo Park) is spearheading legislation to establish a memorial in Los Angeles County to honor the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s. As a Bay Area representative, Becker is also focused on raising awareness locally, with plans to organize a Bay Area event, potentially in October, to highlight the significance of this history within his community.
California Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday called for the state to commemorate the Mexican Repatriation of the 1930s, a 15-year period when nearly two million people of Mexican descent were deported to Mexico.
Senate Majority Leader Lena Gonzalez, D-Long Beach, and Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, introduced Senate Bill 537 to address injustices committed against Mexicans and Mexican Americans during the Great Depression. “People don’t know that the Repatriation ripped families apart.