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https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.x... Wow in

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billHistoryClient.x... Wow introduced end of feb this year and passed by end of this year. Looking from outside, I am Amazed by the speed of American democracy .

kube-system 4y ago
California is a bit of an outlier in that regard.
- bushbaba 4y ago
  California has a slow regulatory body. Other states can act even quicker here. For example just see how quickly abortion regulation was made post Supreme Court ruling.
  - kube-system 4y ago
    Other states maybe can react quicker but they choose not to. California is quick to have the political will to act. California’s regulations on health, safety, and consumer protections are usually a good preview of what other states (or the feds) may consider in coming decade(s).
lotsofpulp 4y ago
The fact that it took California passing a specific law is ridiculous. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising/protecting-consumers https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising/pro... This was as easy as it gets for the federal government to tell Tesla to drop it, but for some reason neither Dem or Repub administrations are acting on it.
- hericium 4y ago
  > for some reason Maybe they will act now as their $TSLA shares are worth 70% less than a year ago ;-)
  - dumbotron 4y ago
    I wonder if that's more or less than Facebook.
endisneigh 4y ago
I can't tell if you're amazed because it's slow or because it's fast.
Tempest1981 4y ago
From reading the news, the California legislature was mostly focused on things like housing. This may be some year-end "cleanup". (Is there a chart somewhere, showing what lawmakers spend their time discussing? Both state and federal.)
naillo 4y ago
Laws probably shouldn't be passed in ultra fast fashion to give democracy some room to happen (people discussing the pros and cons and given room to actually accept or decline rather than being pushed into force prematurely).
PopAlongKid 4y ago
A recent candidate for the U.S. Senate from California built his entire campaign on exposing the truth about Tesla FSD and spent millions doing so[0]. I must have seen his campaign commericials on TV at least 20 or 30 times during the campaign. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/politics/california-senate-candidate-odowd-musk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/politics/california-se...
fooker 4y ago
Passing regulations that target a specific company doesn’t seem related to democracy. I’m not calling it undemocratic, just unrelated.

kube-system 4y ago

California is a bit of an outlier in that regard.

bushbaba 4y ago
California has a slow regulatory body. Other states can act even quicker here. For example just see how quickly abortion regulation was made post Supreme Court ruling.
- kube-system 4y ago
  Other states maybe can react quicker but they choose not to. California is quick to have the political will to act. California’s regulations on health, safety, and consumer protections are usually a good preview of what other states (or the feds) may consider in coming decade(s).

lotsofpulp 4y ago

The fact that it took California passing a specific law is ridiculous. https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising/protecting-consumers https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/topics/truth-advertising/pro... This was as easy as it gets for the federal government to tell Tesla to drop it, but for some reason neither Dem or Repub administrations are acting on it.

hericium 4y ago
> for some reason Maybe they will act now as their $TSLA shares are worth 70% less than a year ago ;-)
- dumbotron 4y ago
  I wonder if that's more or less than Facebook.

endisneigh 4y ago

I can't tell if you're amazed because it's slow or because it's fast.

Tempest1981 4y ago

From reading the news, the California legislature was mostly focused on things like housing. This may be some year-end "cleanup". (Is there a chart somewhere, showing what lawmakers spend their time discussing? Both state and federal.)

naillo 4y ago

Laws probably shouldn't be passed in ultra fast fashion to give democracy some room to happen (people discussing the pros and cons and given room to actually accept or decline rather than being pushed into force prematurely).

PopAlongKid 4y ago

A recent candidate for the U.S. Senate from California built his entire campaign on exposing the truth about Tesla FSD and spent millions doing so[0]. I must have seen his campaign commericials on TV at least 20 or 30 times during the campaign. [0]https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/politics/california-senate-candidate-odowd-musk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/us/politics/california-se...

fooker 4y ago

Passing regulations that target a specific company doesn’t seem related to democracy. I’m not calling it undemocratic, just unrelated.