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Events that honor our veterans!

As we approach Veterans Day, this November 11th, I think fondly of my family members and loved ones who have served in our military.

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Mustang News: New bill prevents Artificial Intelligence from taking Cal State jobs

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will prevent Artificial Intelligence from taking staff and faculty jobs at Cal States. The California Faculty Association and the California Federation of Labor Unions sponsored the bill, according to the CalMatters Digital Democracy database.
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Cervantes Statement on Unlawful Voter Initiative by the Department of Homeland Security

“The whistleblower report shows the depths that the federal government is willing to descend into in their efforts to dismantle our democracy piece by piece—now by impersonating members of the public to access voter information, likely in violation of state laws. California will not allow our sacred right to vote to be attacked this way, and to that end, I will introduce legislation when the Legislature reconvenes in December to address this flagrant violation of our democracy.”
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Sacramento Bee: Slate of bills to regulate immigration enforcement awaits Newsom’s signature

As the Legislative session came to a close, California legislators sent more than a dozen bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk to regulate federal immigration enforcement and detention and support the state’s immigrant communities.
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SF Chronicle: In purple California, lawmaker sisters take on their MAGA sheriff

While Senator Sabrina Cervantes works to tweak state law, her sister is arguing that Bianco has already broken it. Clarissa Cervantes has top billing in Cervantes et al. v. Bianco, one of two California Supreme Court cases challenging the legality of Bianco's Prop 50 investigation.
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SF Chronicle: California officials urge voters to circumvent USPS as Trump’s war on mail voting escalates

As the Trump administration escalates its efforts to limit mail voting ahead of the midterm election, California officials are increasingly advising anxious voters to forgo returning their ballots via the U.S. Postal Service.
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CalMatters: California kills bill regulating Flock cameras even as public rage grows

Amid a growing nationwide backlash against license-plate cameras, California this week, for the fifth year running, failed to enact regulations on the technology. A bill in the Legislature would have strengthened privacy protections on how license plate data is collected and shared. It also would have guarded against misuse of automated license plate readers by law enforcement officers.

But after clearing the state senate the bill was stopped in the Assembly by majority leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry on Monday, the final day the Legislature meets this year, before it could be introduced for a floor vote.
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American Times Reporter: Cervantes’ California Voting Rights Act of 2026 Heads to Governor’s Desk

(SACRAMENTO) – The California Voting Rights Act of 2026 (CVRA 2026), comprised of Senate Bills 1164 and 1360 authored by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside), heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk after being approved by both the Assembly and Senate. CVRA 2026 updates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 to provide increased protections against vote dilution, voter suppression, and other forms of voter discrimination that were once prohibited by Section 2 of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 before the horrific Louisiana v. Callais decision by the Supreme Court of the United States, and expands language access assistance to more limited English proficiency (LEP) voters.
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Senator Cervantes Successfully Delivers 10 Bills to the Governor’s Desk

Ten of Senator Sabrina Cervantes’ (D-Riverside) bills were approved by the Senate and Assembly and are now at Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. These bills address safeguarding personal privacy, affordability for working families, and protecting the right to vote for millions of lawfully registered California voters. Two other Cervantes’ bills—Senate Bill 73: Elections Systems Safeguarding and Senate Bill 928: Protecting California State University (CSU) Employees from AI Encroachment—have already been signed into law by Governor Newsom this year.