At a pair of fundraisers on Tuesday, Gov. Tim Walz called for abolishing the Electoral College. I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go, he told Democratic donors at the home of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. “We need a national popular vote. The Harris campaign said that it did not support […]

'We need a national popular vote'

Ticket prices for the event at Gov. Gavin Newsom's home in the suburbs of Sacramento started at $3,300.

'Gavin Newsom is like from the Batman'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill requiring all one-pound propane gas cylinders sold in the state…The post Brickbat: Cooking With Gas appeared first on Reason.com.

The grants are part of a statewide effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom to quash encampments.

The Hill's weekly technology news digest. {beacon} Friday, October 4, 2024     LEADING THE DAY   Newsom AI veto likely to stand Image AP California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week vetoed perhaps the most closely-watched bill to regulate and impose safety restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI) systems, setting the stage for a broader fight...

But heres the real question for Sen. Scott Wiener (D-SF) and why Gov. Gavin Newsom possibly vetoed his bill: Why set up a complicated, often obfuscated, so-called protection against harmful robots and mechanical minds when simple rules that could protect against all kind of problems were laid out about 82 years ago by a leading scholar and science-fiction author?

A notorious health care looter claims a Senate investigation into his private equityenabled hospital collapse is a superficial show trial. Did Gavin Newsom just prove him right?

The war over deepfakes and campaigns is heating up, and the fakers just won an early victory after a federal judge ruled against California's wide-ranging law that tried to ban manipulated materials about politicians in the months ahead of an election.

"Most of AB 2839 acts as a hammer instead of a scalpel, serving as a blunt tool that hinders humorous expression and unconstitutionally stifles the free and unfettered exchange of ideas which is so vital to American democratic debate."

Californnias new law against deepfake political ads, which impersonate a candidate and misrepresent the candidates views, violates the constitutional right of free expression, a federal judge said Wednesday in a ruling blocking enforcement of the law. The law, signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 17, was a response to videos posted by a conservative producer, and publicized by billiona...