Senate Select Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation, Thursday, February 5, 2026

Select Committee on Economic Development and Technological Innovation (California State Senate) · February 5, 2026

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Call to order and hearing purpose

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Chair Becker called the Select Committee to order in Room 1200 of the 0 Street Building and framed the hearing to examine Californias industrial policy and manufacturing, saying he wants to understand how to scale innovation into in-state manufacturing without compromising environmental and labor standards.

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A California State Senate select committee hearing examined strategies to retain and grow manufacturing in-state, with witnesses urging a durable regional economic development system, sector roadmaps (especially for batteries), better utility coordination, and local tools like Fremonts by-right zoning model.

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