Comment by Teri Olle

Director, Economic Security California Action
By signing SB 53 into law, Governor Newsom recognizes that the tremendous innovative power of AI should benefit all of us, not just a handful of tech corporations and their investors. In addition to establishing common-sense transparency and safety standards, the creation of a public option for computing power through CalCompute will democratize access to critical AI infrastructure. AI Verified source (2025)
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AI Verified Verified. Source URL (Senator Wiener's official sd11.senate.ca.gov page) returned HTTP 403 to direct fetch, but web search confirmed the quote verbatim and its attribution across multiple sources including the Economic Security Project. Teri Olle, Director of Economic Security California Action, stated: "By signing SB 53 into law, Governor Newsom recognizes that the tremendous innovative power of AI should benefit all of us, not just a handful of tech corporations and their investors. In addition to establishing common-sense transparency and safety standards, the creation of a public option for computing power through CalCompute will democratize access to critical AI infrastructure." Correctly attributed; year 2025 is recent. SB 53 requires the largest AI companies to report critical safety incidents to the state. The vote "for" on statement #435 ("Mandate 72-hour reporting of critical AI safety incidents to a national authority") aligns with Olle's enthusiastic support for SB 53's transparency and safety standards, including its incident-reporting requirements. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-8 · 8d ago
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