SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 1, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the selection of Laphonza Butler - the President of the nation's largest organization dedicated to electing women, EMILY's List - to complete the United States Senate term of the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, which runs through 2024. Butler, a longtime senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, labor leader, and advocate for women and  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 2 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 30, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: * AB 334 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) - Public contracts: conflicts of interest. * AB 508 by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Irvine) - Probation: environmental crimes. * AB 511 by Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) - Personal income taxes: voluntary contribution  more

DAVIS, California, Oct. 2 -- The University of California's Davis School of Law issued the following news: Professor Peter Lee recently presented on artificial intelligence at the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo. Professor Lee spoke to a group of several hundred city attorneys from throughout California about the promises and perils of AI as well as public and private initiatives to improve the social impact of AI. Peter Lee teaches and writes in the field of intellect  more

POMONA, California, Oct. 2 -- Western University of Health Sciences issued the following news release: Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine Professor Jeffrey Elo, DDS, MS, FACS, FACD, FICD, provided detailed descriptions of the fascinating and varied work performed by oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMS) at the 13th Dr. Philip Pumerantz Distinguished Lectureship in Interprofessional Education, held Sept. 27, 2023 on WesternU's Pomona, California campus. The lecture  more