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California expands deliberative platform and generative AI pilots to shape wildfire recovery

3155085 · April 30, 2025
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Governor Gavin Newsom announced an expansion of engaged.ca.gov and statewide generative AI pilots in Downtown Los Angeles, saying the platform will use deliberative methods and AI to gather citizen input for wildfire recovery in Altadena and the Palisades.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced at an event in Downtown Los Angeles that the state is expanding a deliberative civic platform, engaged.ca.gov, and scaling generative AI pilots across multiple agencies to incorporate citizen input into decisions such as wildfire recovery.

The effort pairs a deliberative process developed with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and examples from Taiwan with generative AI tools intended to summarize public input and “close the loop” so participants can see how their ideas influenced policy. "We have a 28% conversion rate to people that signed up to people that are participating in it, industry standards about 5%," Newsom said, citing early participation metrics for the…

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