“The project would have to be paid for by ratepayers who are already overburdened with soaring utility costs and aren’t even aware of how the cost of this is going to impact them in their pocketbooks,” said state Sen. Jerry McNerney (D-Stockton).
An open letter obtained by Decoded reveals a host of AI scholars and experts are backing a key AI safety bill in Sacramento, showing how less far-reaching proposals this year are drawing support from opponents of a wider-ranging proposal last year.
“Levees play a vitally important role in safeguarding Delta communities, farmland, and water supplies,” said Senator Jerry McNerney (SD-5).
Former U.S. representative turned California state Sen. Jerry McNerney turned up earlier this week in one, no two, of his old haunts. McNerney stopped off in D.C. for a signing ceremony between The AI Trust Foundation (where McNerney is chair emeritus) and the US-Qatar Business Council.
At least two Democrats — state Sen. Jerry McNerney and Bauer-Kahan — want to regulate safety auditors for high-risk AI systems, though they’re approaching the issues from different angles.
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.
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.
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.
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.
