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At Sacramento service event, Newsom calls tech verdict a 'moment of reckoning' and renews housing-enforcement push
Summary
During the same Sacramento event, Gov. Gavin Newsom urged renegotiation with tech companies after recent litigation, cited SB 53 and court decisions as a pathway to accountability, and said the state filed 15 lawsuits over housing element violations while pointing to accountability.ca.gov.
At the Community Shop Class event where state leaders promoted the California Service Corps, Governor Gavin Newsom used his remarks and a subsequent question-and-answer period to discuss technology litigation, AI regulation and housing enforcement.
In response to a question about a verdict in the Meta trial, Newsom said the moment calls for greater accountability from big technology companies and suggested the state must “renegotiate our contract with big tech.” He framed recent court actions as a turning point: “This is a moment of reckoning,” he said,…
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