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Last week, as President Donald Trump shared his long-awaited AI policy plan, a group of moderate Democrats passed around a counterstrategy hoping to whip their caucus back to the party of the future.
The self-styled “innovation agenda” comes from the New Democratic Coalition and has been in the works for months, first teased by California Rep. Sam Liccardo in an op-ed presenting the case for why his side of the aisle needed such a platform to “win back Silicon Valley tech leaders.”
A group of House and Senate Democrats who attended Harvard are threatening their alma mater with a "rigorous" investigation if the school cuts a deal to end hostilities with President Trump, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The lawmakers' warning follows reports that the elite university is open to spending up to $500 million to settle things with the administration.
Twenty members of California's House delegation are demanding that NOAA investigate the causes behind the rise of gray whale deaths off the state's coast.
The New Democrat Coalition on Thursday unveiled an AI platform it says puts middle-class American workers at the center.
Why it matters: The platform, titled "An Innovation Agenda," offers an alternative roadmap for regulation and competition as Republicans dominate Washington right now.
All members of Congress from the Bay Area have signed a letter that was delivered to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday that calls on the agency to investigate the high number of gray whale deaths recorded off the coast of California this year.
The federal government could help homeowners in states like California more easily build accessory dwelling units on their property.
California Rep. Sam Liccardo joined New York Rep. Andrew Garbarino in proposing the Supporting Upgraded Property Projects and Lending for Yards (SUPPLY) Act on Friday, The Wall Street Journal reported. The bipartisan effort aims to get the federal government involved to address housing affordability across the country.
Accessory Dwelling Units — smaller, secondary housing units built onto existing homes and properties — have become a popular suggestion among those trying to mitigate the nation’s housing crisis, but many homeowners trying to build one struggle to receive the financing.
U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, is trying to help solve that problem with recently-introduced new legislation, the SUPPLY Act, which would help homeowners obtain government-backed second mortgages to finance ADU construction.
A pair of congressmen from California and New York plan to unveil a bill on Friday that would create a government-backed loan program for homeowners to finance the construction of tiny homes on their properties.
The bill aims to boost building of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, in a new effort to tackle the nation’s severe housing shortage. These add-ons are small, studio-style housing units, usually between 600 and 1,200 square feet, that can supplement an existing home in the backyard, garage or basement.
The federal government might strip the name of one of San Jose’s most beloved activists from a naval ship.
The U.S. Navy, under the direction of Secretary of State Pete Hegseth, is considering renaming Navy cargo ship USNS Cesar Chavez. Elected leaders, along with Cesar Chavez’s family members, are fighting back to keep the ship’s name and preserve Chavez’s legacy as a veteran and historic civil rights and labor activist.