Posted 1/3/2024, 4:05:39 PM
California Lawmakers Face $68 Billion Deficit, AI Regulation, and Other Key Issues in New Session
- California lawmakers return this week to tackle a $68 billion budget deficit in an election year
- Lawmakers plan to introduce bills to regulate AI and address impacts on privacy, discrimination, jobs, and elections
- Assembly Speaker Rivas and incoming Senate President Pro Temp McGuire lead first budget talks
- Republican Assemblymember Fong is controversially running for Congress and his Assembly seat
- Leftover 2022 bills include requiring gun liability insurance and establishing campus mental health hotlines