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Republican state legislators in California filed suit on Tuesday
to block a mid-year redistricting plan meant to counter Texas’s effort to redraw congressional district lines.
The emergency petition argues that the process being used in the California assembly violates laws requiring a 30-day period between the introduction of legislation and voting on it.

"California advances climate action with new legislation"
#California #Climate #ClimateChange

Application of resource theory based on free Clifford kT computation to early fault-tolerant quantum computing
Yuya O. Nakagawa, Yasunori Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.14546 ht…

Application of resource theory based on free Clifford+kT computation to early fault-tolerant quantum computing
Recent advances in quantum hardware are bringing fault-tolerant quantum computing (FTQC) closer to reality. In the early stage of FTQC, however, the numbers of available logical qubits and high-fidelity $T$ gates remain limited, making it crucial to optimize the quantum resource usage. In this work, we aim to study the simulation cost of general quantum states under the constraint that only $k$ $T$ gates can be used, alongside an unlimited number of Clifford gates. Inspired by the notion of rob…

I am thinking of asking my California state legislative reps to enact a law that would not recognize an Oklahoma driver's license until the applicant driver takes a test to demonstrate that he/she can distinguish up from down.
(Such tests would require payment of a non-refundable test fee of $100 and a mandatory three day study period, within the borders of California, to prepare for the test. Tests will be administered at one of three locations: Barstow, Alturas, or Morro Bay.)

California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-12/bill-banning-masks-on-law-enforcement-officers-passes-state-legislature

California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces
The California Legislature on Thursday passed a pair of bills to prohibit on-duty law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from masking their faces and requires them to identify themselves.

California legislature passes bill forcing web browsers to let consumers automatically opt out of data sharing https://therecord.media/california-legislature-passes-bill-data-sharing-opt-out

It's the last week of the California Legislative session, and there are a number of #climate & #environment bills awaiting action in the California Senate.
PLease help! #350BayArea has an eas…

Solutions that our communities need - Support these bills!
As Californians concerned about global warming and the climate crisis, it is up to us to make sure that our legislators listen to us and enact legislation that will do everything possible to fight climate change, and to mitigate its effects on all communities, especially those communities most directly affected. Please add your voice to this effort by signing this letter to your State Senator. Feel free to add your experiences and your thoughts about why your Senator needs to support this cl…

It's the last week of the California Legislative session, and there are a number of #climate & #environment bills awaiting action in the California Senate.
PLease help! #350BayArea has an eas…

Solutions that our communities need - Support these bills!
As Californians concerned about global warming and the climate crisis, it is up to us to make sure that our legislators listen to us and enact legislation that will do everything possible to fight climate change, and to mitigate its effects on all communities, especially those communities most directly affected. Please add your voice to this effort by signing this letter to your State Senator. Feel free to add your experiences and your thoughts about why your Senator needs to support this cl…

Unfolded distillation: very low-cost magic state preparation for biased-noise qubits
Diego Ruiz, J\'er\'emie Guillaud, Christophe Vuillot, Mazyar Mirrahimi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12511

Unfolded distillation: very low-cost magic state preparation for biased-noise qubits
Magic state distillation enables universal fault-tolerant quantum computation by implementing non-Clifford gates via the preparation of high-fidelity magic states. However, it comes at the cost of substantial logical-level overhead in both space and time. In this work, we propose a very low-cost magic state distillation scheme for biased-noise qubits. By leveraging the noise bias, our scheme enables the preparation of a magic state with a logical error rate of $3 \times 10^{-7}$, using only 53 …

One bill, sponsored by the powerful Service Employees International Union, would allow Uber and Lyft drivers in California to unionize while still being classified as independent contractors
California’s legislative leaders are also backing a bill, sponsored by Uber and Lyft, that would significantly reduce the companies’ insurance requirements

Newsom, California lawmakers strike deal that would allow Uber, Lyft drivers to unionize
Gov. Gavin Newsom and California lawmakers on Friday announced a deal with Uber and Lyft on a bill that would allow hundreds of thousands of rideshare drivers to form unions and bargain collectively while still being classified as independent contractors.