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State Sen. Jerry McNerney has fleshed out his slate of artificial intelligence bills this session, with two more measures: one to place safeguards on the technology’s use in critical infrastructure, and another to create nonprofit, third-party panels of AI experts and academics to devise AI safety standards.
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AI Bills Incoming

State Sen. Jerry McNerney has fleshed out his slate of artificial intelligence bills this session, with two more measures: one to place safeguards on the technology’s use in critical infrastructure, and another to create nonprofit, third-party panels of AI experts and academics to devise AI safety standards.

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New CA legislation looks to fight back proposed PG&E rate hikes

With utility companies constantly raising rates, two Bay Area state lawmakers are proposing legislation designed to restrict how that money is spent. The goal is to make sure the money you pay them is being spent to benefit customers and not on things like political campaigns and advertising.
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PG&E's political donations have tripled. Lawmakers want to make sure customers aren't paying for it at all

Assemblyman Marc Berman and State Senator Jerry McNerney, both Democrats, introduced separate proposals on Tuesday to toughen up the law and protect customers from paying for expenses they say the companies slip into rate increase requests. That includes not just political donations, but TV advertisements and other pricey shareholder expenses.
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Sacramento Snapshot: California composting bill gets early bipartisan nod

From Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat whose district includes San Joaquin County and part of Alameda County, SB 279 would let large vineyards and farms compost on-site rather than ship green waste to a composting facility, as they have to do now, which could be hundreds of miles away, according to the bill.
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Exclusive: SacBee investigation spurs utilities accountability bill in California

The high gas and electricity rates of PG&E, SoCal Gas and Southern California Edison are not making them any friends in the California Legislature.
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California ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ would bar AI from making personnel decisions

California state Sen. Jerry McNerney this month introduced the “No Robo Bosses Act,” which would bar California employers from solely using artificial intelligence tools or other automated decision-making systems to make hiring, promotion, discipline or termination decisions without human oversight.
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Inside Newsom's AI panel report

State Sen. Jerry McNerney told us in a statement that he sees the report as a positive sign for two forthcoming pieces of legislation incorporating “the report’s call for greater transparency and third-party assessments of AI, along with its warning about the possibility of AI inducing harm.”
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‘This will make our town uninhabitable’: The long-awaited Delta tunnel strikes fear in locals

Tunnel opponent State Sen. Jerry McNerney, a Democrat from Stockton, said diversion limits ostensibly safeguarding the estuary would become unreliable if the tunnel is built.
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California Senator Introduces Bull To Regulate Ai In The Workplace

State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton announced the "No Robo Bosses Act" on Thursday, his office announced.