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He also signed several into law, notably a sweeping mandate requiring large businesses to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions. Here's a look at some of the other bills Newsom signed into law on Saturday:FOOD INGREDIENTS BANCalifornia on Saturday became the first state to ban four chemicals used in well-known candies and other foods and drinks because of their link to certain health problems. 3 chemical used as food coloring for products like Peeps, the marshmallow treat most associated with Easter. The law also bans brominated vegetable oil, which is used in some store brand sodas, and potassium bromate and propylparaben, two chemicals used in baked goods. Newsom said in a signing statement that the additives addressed in the bill are already banned in various other countries.

Persons: Gavin Newsom, Newsom, Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, ” Gabriel, Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, “, ” McKinnor Organizations: — Democratic, European Union, United, United States Food, Drug Administration, Inc Locations: SACRAMENTO, Calif, California, United States, Los Angeles, Inglewood

☆ Before Elon Musk, Twitter rarely lobbied against state laws. Now X is suing California over one
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, at the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Musk took control of X Corp., known at the time as Twitter, in October in a deal worth over $40 billion. This year, however, X has spent more than $500,000 combined on federal and state lobbying, according to data from the nonpartisan OpenSecrets. They spent more than $80,000 on lobbying California state lawmakers since 2021, with a partial focus on Gabriel's bill, according to the public records. A search through the federal court database shows the social media company was never a plaintiff challenging state laws in the years prior to the recent lawsuit against California.

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon, Musk, Jesse Gabriel, Gabriel, Gavin Newsom, X's, X Organizations: SpaceX, Tesla, Twitter, Viva Technology, X Corp, Democratic, CNBC, Gov, Big Tech Locations: Paris, France, California

Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publish their policies for removing offending material such as hate speech, misinformation and harassment. The first-of-its-kind legislation was signed into law a year ago by California Gov. The California law requires social media platforms to post their content moderation policies — which they already do — and twice a year submit a report to the state on how they address hate speech, racism, misinformation, foreign political interference and other issues. The company formed the council in 2016 to address hate speech, harassment, child exploitation, suicide, self-harm and other problems on the platform. The law's author, Democratic Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel, said it is a "a pure transparency measure that simply requires companies to be upfront about if and how they are moderating content.

Persons: Elon, Gavin Newsom, Robert Bonta, impermissibly, ”, Musk, Jesse Gabriel Organizations: Twitter, California Gov, X Corp, Musk, Trust, Safety Council Locations: California

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