AB 2383<\/a>, authored by Assemblymember Rick Zbur (D-West Hollywood). That legislation aims to protect residential electricity ratepayers by creating a special rate structure for \u201clarge energy use facilities,\u201d such as data centers. As of April 14, the bill was approved by the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee with a 16-1 vote. It has been referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\nLangston Notto Bennett, a member of the Los Angeles NAACP Youth Council, said AB 2383 intends to manage the massive energy demands of data centers fueled by the artificial intelligence (AI) boom.<\/p>\n
The young man who will enroll at Morehouse College next fall, a historically Black College and University (HBCU) in Atlanta, learned something else about the bill that he shared with other youth. <\/p>\n
\u201cI never knew California as a whole was becoming a hub for AI. I always knew the San Francisco Bay Area was a part of the AI culture because a lot of companies are moving towards AI,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cI also learned that it takes a lot to understand these bills and to go up there to talk to legislators. It\u2019s a powerful moment for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n
On April 27, BWOPA was at the California State Capitol for its annual Legislative Day of Advocacy plus and Action. The event was designed to connect members, youth, and leaders with state officials to advocate for policies affecting Black women, families, and communities. <\/p>\n
BWOPA is a statewide non-profit advocacy organization in California, dedicated to training, empowering, and engaging Black women and youth in the political process. Founded in 1968, it is the oldest women\u2019s political organization in the state with chapters concentrated in the Bay Area, Sacramento region, Central Valley, Southern California, and Solano County.<\/p>\n
\u201cBWOPA\u2019s Legislative Day was a reminder that we don\u2019t all have to be policy experts\u2014we just have to be prepared, clear, and willing to use our voices,\u201d the BWOPA Oakland\/Berkeley Chapter posted April 28 on Instagram.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SB 1420 mandates regulations to promote \u201cSign, Scan and Go\u201d options, allowing voters to turn in VBM ballots…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,400,10540],"class_list":["post-302309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-california-politics","tag-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}