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Police Risking Californians’ Privacy in License Plate Tracking, Audit Finds - (SF Chronicle - Feb 13)

SACRAMENTO — California law enforcement agencies may not be doing enough to protect the data they collect through license plate-tracking technology that police throughout the state use.

Wiener Introduces Bill Providing for Rapid STI Testing - (Bay Area Reporter - Feb 7)

State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) introduced a bill February 5 authorizing HIV counselors to perform rapid sexually transmitted infection testing, he told the Bay Area Reporter.

Under current law, HIV counselors can perform rapid tests for HIV, hepatitis C, or a combined HIV/HCV test.

Wiener formally introduced the Assembly Bill 932 Wednesday.

It’s Time for California to Take Over PG&E, State Lawmaker Says - (LA Times - Feb 3)

SACRAMENTO — A state lawmaker is making a move to turn Pacific Gas & Electric into a public utility, a potentially dramatic shift that would end decades of corporate control over California’s largest power company.

California State Senator Writes Bill to Take Over PG&E - (Bloomberg - Feb 3)

California Governor Gavin Newsom has threatened a state takeover of PG&E Corp. if the bankrupt utility giant doesn’t shape up. Now he has a framework to do it.

State Senator Scott Wiener will introduce a bill as early as Monday that would kick off a process by which the state assumes control over PG&E by buying its stock, according to his staff.