“AI must remain a tool controlled by humans, not the other way around,” California State Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, said in a release announcing the legislation.
“The Legislature and Governor Newsom’s decision to invest in BEAM Circular is great news—a win-win for the Northern San Joaquin Valley and the rest of California,” McNerney said. “It will bring high-quality jobs, benefit farmers and growers, and accelerate wildfire solutions, while helping the state meet its climate goals.”
“We have the idea of the federal preemption sort of hanging over our heads,” California state Sen. Jerry McNerney, who has authored numerous AI bills in Sacramento and was vocal about regulating the technology during his years in Congress, told POLITICO. “I don't think that's going to go away.”
On June 25, Delta Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City, applauded the 2025-26 California budget agreement for excluding Newsom’s controversial proposal to fast-track the “costly and destructive Delta Tunnel Project.”
State Senator Jerry McNerney, who represents San Joaquin County, said the move was essentially giving the state a blank check to float bonds to pay for the water tunnel.
McNerney told The Independent that the bill intends to establish one hub in the Bay Area, one in the Central Valley and one in Southern California. He added that Livermore “would be ideal” for the Bay Area location.
State Senator Jerry McNerney (D-Tri-Valley, San Joaquin County), whose district includes Livermore, decried Lopez’s deportation and joined with 30 legislative colleagues in urging California’s GOP congressional delegation to call on President Donald Trump to halt the immigration crackdown.
The “No Robo Bosses Act” — Senate Bill 7 — seeks to impose human decision-making over certain workplace-automation technology. Introduced by state Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Pleasanton Democrat, it passed the state Senate in a 27-10 vote earlier this month
Three members of the Senate Budget Subcommittee 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy voted to reject the fast-tracking proposal — Sen. Ben Allen, D-El Segundo, Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, and Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton.
