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California has signed a broad package of laws regulating AI in the workplace, banning momentum-based firing decisions, emotional-state surveillance, and neural data collection. Companies must warn workers if AI contributes to layoffs, and state agencies will enforce the measures. The governor frames this as placing people at the center as AI reshapes work; enforcement remains primarily public rather than private.
California voters have rejected Proposition 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax on net worth over $1 billion, aimed at backfilling federal healthcare funding cuts. Opponents warn it would drive billionaires away; supporters cite healthcare funding needs. Major backers include tech figures like Sergey Brin and Peter Thiel’s networks. The vote underscores tensions over wealth, taxes, and economic policy in the state.