Lauren MartinezState Sen. Dave Cortese pulled his SB 915, for city/county AV regulation, after the Assembly Committee on Transportation presented major amendments.State Senator Dave Cortese pulled his Senate Bill 915 this week after the Assembly Committee on Transportation presented major
"All fire local and police is directed by cities and counties, not the state. And yet, the DMV is authorizing Waymo to go into cities like San Francisco and now 22 other jurisdictions," Cortese said. We spoke with tech expert Ahmed Banafa, who expected the proposed bill would fail and said giving local control to cities could be complicated."From a logistic point of view, we have sometimes only one street that will separate one town from another one city, from the other city.
"We don't want California to be number two or three when it comes to technology. Waymo and even Cruise, they're back in business in other states and Waymo can take their business somewhere else if we're not giving them all the permissions," Banafa said."We are encouraged that SB 915 will not move forward. Fortunately, the legislature understood the bill would have prevented safety and accessibility opportunities for millions of Californians.