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My 2025 legislative package is designed to help make California and our district more affordable, ensure that we have clean water while protecting against future droughts, accelerate our transition to clean energy, and ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is safe and beneficial and does not cause harm to our society.
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Senator McNerney’s 2025 Legislation

My 2025 legislative package is designed to help make California and our district more affordable, ensure that we have clean water while protecting against future droughts, accelerate our transition to clean energy, and ensure that artificial intelligence (AI) is safe and beneficial and does not cause harm to our society.

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Get Cash Refunds by Filing Your Taxes

The April 15th tax deadline is almost here, and cash refunds are available for many Californians just by filing federal and state income tax returns. It’s true — thanks to state and federal government tax programs that benefit low-income families and individuals.
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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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McNerney Introduces Bill to Establish Safety Standards for Artificial Intelligence While Fostering Innovation

State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Wednesday introduced SB 813, new legislation to establish transparent safety standards that will cement California’s position as a global leader in AI innovation. If signed into law, SB 813 would lay the groundwork for creating the nation’s first safety and security standards for AI.
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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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Sen. McNerney Introduces Legislation to Protect CA Ratepayers from Utility Abuses

State Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, on Tuesday introduced SB 24, legislation to protect Californians against skyrocketing utility bills by safeguarding ratepayers from abuses by investor-owned electric and gas utilities.
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Immigration: Know Your Rights!

With the new administration in Washington, D.C., there are deepening concerns in our state Senate district, throughout California and much of the country about possible mass deportations.