The East Bay Regional Park District celebrated its 90th Anniversary on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden with the presentation of resolutions by State Senator Nancy Skinner and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan.
[Sacramento] – Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) is proud to announce the successful passage of numerous key bills during the 2024 legislative session, addressing critical issues ranging from increasing water theft penalties to protecting reproductive rights, ensuring consumer privacy, and advancing AI regulations.
Sacramento — Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two critical pieces of legislation aimed at enhancing access to reproductive health services and safeguarding the rights of patients and providers across California.
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law three bills authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), which address key public health, environmental, and resource management concerns for Californians.
Sacramento, CA – On Sunday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1053 into law, legislation coauthored by Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), marking a significant step toward reducing plastic pollution in California.
Sacramento, CA – Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), Chair of the California State Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee, announced today that Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1836 into law.
For four years, Jacob Hilton worked for one of the most influential startups in the Bay Area — OpenAI. His research helped test and improve the truthfulness of AI models such as ChatGPT. He believes artificial intelligence can benefit society, but he also recognizes the serious risks if the technology is left unchecked.
Hilton was among 13 current and former OpenAI and Google employees who this month signed an open letter that called for more whistleblower protections, citing broad confidentiality agreements as problematic.
Lawmakers in California last month advanced about 30 new measures on artificial intelligence aimed at protecting consumers and jobs, one of the biggest efforts yet to regulate the new technology.
While the federal government appears content to sit back and wait, more than 40 U.S. states are considering hundreds of AI regulation bills.
California, with its status as a tech-forward state and huge economy, has a chance to lead the way. So much so, in fact, that the European Union is trying to coordinate with the state on AI laws. The EU opened an office in San Francisco in 2022 and dispatched a tech envoy, Gerard de Graaf, to better communicate about laws and regulations around AI.