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<h3>Growing up in working-class South County San Diego, Steve’s story is the story of so many — achieving the California Dream with community support, quality public schools and a fair shot to succeed.</h3>Steve is passionate about ensuring that same opportunity for future generations. For Steve, this moment right now isn’t just about recovering from COVID — it’s about rebuilding opportunity for all.A longtime leader in California, Steve Padilla’s priorities are delivering for communities like South County and Imperial County that have been hard hit by the pandemic, tackling income inequality and economic recovery, expanding access to healthcare, strengthening public education, leading on climate, and taking action to combat racial injustice.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/75034fd9-1cee-4753-b8c7-fcf0ca275b8b/5a8d160d-3b90-4ab6-8b81-b6f68219e85a/5a8d160d-3b90-4ab6-8b81-b6f68219e85a.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=157%2C248%2C1820%2C1152&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="42" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Steve Padilla has spent his life in service to others and making life better in his hometown. At 18, he joined the Chula Vista Police Explorer Scouts ultimately becoming a Police Detective specializing in protecting seniors and kids from domestic violence and abuse.Years later, Steve Padilla made history as Chula Vista’s first Latino and first LGBTQ Mayor, and previously, when he was elected to the City Council, was the first person of color ever to serve in city office. Steve also serves as Chairman of California’s Coastal Commission, the powerful state agency charged with environmental protection and conservation along our coast.With over thirty years of dedicated service to community, Steve Padilla has built a reputation as a proven progressive leader able to build consensus to tackle complex challenges, including jump-starting Chula Vista’s Bayfront development to create 7,000 jobs in our region; leading state efforts at the Coastal Commission to combat sea-level rise; and helping pass Chula Vista’s COVID-19 eviction moratorium and small business relief programs.Like so many families right now, Steve knows what it’s like to struggle. He lost his father at an early age and was a single parent to his daughter Ashleigh. And Steve came face to face with prejudice and discrimination when he came out as LGBTQ while serving as Chula Vista’s Mayor.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/75034fd9-1cee-4753-b8c7-fcf0ca275b8b/ba5de0f1-dd70-4813-a6ee-bff750bdd061/ba5de0f1-dd70-4813-a6ee-bff750bdd061.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=92%2C89%2C1986%2C1391&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="42" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">In March 2020, Padilla was the first elected official in California to test positive for COVID-19 and spent 3 weeks in UCSD Thornton Hospital’s ICU, including 11 days on ventilator. Recovering from COVID-19, and now working to help South Bay recover from this pandemic, has made Steve even more determined to make tomorrow better than today.Steve graduated from Bonita Vista High, and the Southwestern Police Academy. He holds undergraduate degrees in Liberal Arts and Public Administration, and studied law at WSU College of Law. He lives in the Otay Ranch neighborhood of Chula Vista just a few miles away from his amazing daughter Ashleigh and son-in-law.

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If you work hard, you should be able to make it in the Golden State.That’s the California Steve Padilla believes in and fights for.Opportunity. Safety. A clear path to a better life for you and your kids.In the State Senate, Steve Padilla is fighting to rebuild opportunity for all of us.

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“Business as usual at the border is over and done with,” said Senator Padilla. “We are fed up with corporations poisoning Californians all to make a quick buck. We must hold these polluters accountable for untold harm they have caused our community.”

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CA Senate Approves Sen. Padilla’s Legislative Package Protecting The Tijuana River Watershed

In an interview with&nbsp;State Affairs,&nbsp;Padilla framed the bill as part of an effort to balance AI’s promise with its risks. “While we can embrace the power and benefits of this technology, which I think is going to alter our society in ways not seen since the Industrial Revolution, we have to be sure that the utility of this technology is not harmful; and that the products protect those who are most vulnerable,” Padilla said.

‘We have to be careful’: Lawmaker moves to rein in AI therapy bots

“This technology can be a powerful educational and research tool, but left to their own devices the Tech Industry is incentivized to capture young people’s attention and hold it at the expense of their real world relationships,”&nbsp;said Senator Padilla on the Senate Floor just before the bill’s passage.

California Legislature Passes First-In-The-Nation AI Chatbot Safeguards

“California has a proud heritage as a home for technological vision while enforcing ethical, safe standards in concert with those values, not in opposition,” said Senator Padilla.

Padilla Introduces the California Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights

Imperial County celebrated $10 million received via state Sen. Steve Padilla on Friday to continue planning efforts for Lithium Valley, a huge proposed industrial zone in the county's impoverished "Northend."

Imperial County wins $10 million in state funds for Lithium Valley

The bill by Sen. Steve Padilla would establish the California Latino Commission, a group tasked with making recommendations to the governor and legislature, developing initiatives, and monitoring progress in addressing disparities facing Latinos.

State Senator Padilla Introduces Legislation to Create California Latino Commission

State Sen. Steve Padilla and Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara introduced a legislative proposal on Tuesday to overhaul how property insurance companies pay out claims after disasters like the Los Angeles wildfires. Padilla (D), whom state Senate President Pro Tem Monique Limón recently named chair of the Senate Insurance Committee, and Lara are pushing a suite of measures aimed at speeding up post-disaster recovery in SB 876.

New California bill would speed up post-disaster property insurance claims

Other signatories include Sen. Steve Padilla (D-Chula Vista), who introduced legislation, signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom, aimed at protecting minors who engage with chatbots.

California lawmakers urge Congress to protect state-level AI legislation

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State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) announced that the state Legislature has included funding for two essential hospitals in his district as part of the extension of the Nondesignated Public Hospital Bridge Loan Program. This funding aims to prevent the closure of Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe and El Centro Regional Medical Center.

Senator Padilla advocates for hospital funding to prevent closures

Introduced by state Sen. Steve Padillam the bill would require companies running companion chatbots to avoid using addictive tricks and unpredictable rewards. They’d be required to remind users at the start of the interaction and every three hours that they’re talking to a machine, not a person. And they’d also be required to clearly warn users that chatbots may not be suitable for minors.

California bill targets controversial AI ‘companion’ chatbots

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Bill to Limit Youth Chatbot Usage Gains Support In The Senate

On Saturday, State Senator Steve Padilla welcomed the community to an open house at his new Indio office.

Senator Padilla Opens New Indio Office

This week, State Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) sent a letter to the members of the Imperial County Board of Supervisors to request further information on the rationale for the&nbsp;approval of the first stages of a data center&nbsp;application to be developed in the County.

Senator Padilla Calls For Public Input And Review After Data Center Project Granted Exemption

The committees approved Senate Bills 886 and 887, a legislative package authored by Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego).&nbsp;“California families cannot be left footing the bill for Big Tech’s infrastructure needs,” Padilla said following the votes. “Environmental degradation and runaway utility costs cannot be the price for developments.”

California lawmakers move to shield homeowners from Data Center utility hikes

Senator Steve Padilla introduced two key measures yesterday aimed at shielding households from the massive energy demands of new data centers. These facilities require immense power and water resources that critics fear could strain the state’s electrical grid and hike prices for average consumers.

California bills target data center energy costs

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Last week, at a joint hearing of the California Senate Environmental Quality and Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committees, Senator Steve Padilla (D-San Diego) announced that he will introduce language into Senate Bill 58 that will update California’s air quality standard for hydrogen sulfide (H₂S), a gas that is found at high concentrations in the Tijuana River Valley and the Salton Sea region.

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