纽森签署斯特恩参议员全部九项法案 加州将设全美首个消防创新部门
加州州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）10 月 8 日在萨克拉门托签署了州参议员亨利·斯特恩（Henry Stern，民主党，洛杉矶）今年送达州长案头的全部九项法案，这是斯特恩任内首次实现所送法案全数签署成法。这批新法涵盖野火防控、校园降温、公用事业问责、心理健康等多个领域，将从明年起陆续生效。
其中最受瞩目的是 SB 1079 法案：加州将在州消防局（CAL FIRE）内设立全美首个"消防创新部门"（Fire Innovation Unit），专门研究、测试并加速部署预防和扑救野火的新技术。近年来加州野火季不断延长，这一机构旨在把实验室里的灭火新技术更快送到一线。与教育相关的 SB 1107 将简化学校遮阳设施的集中采购流程，让校园降温工程更快落地——这与斯特恩团队此前推动的 1400 万美元州政府投资一脉相承，那笔资金正用于改造圣费尔南多谷 12 所学校的校园，洛杉矶联合学区也计划投入 4000 万美元建设遮阳设施。研究表明，绿化遮阳的校园有助于学生学习与健康。
其他几项法案包括：SB 1128 保障家长可以拒绝学校为幼儿园孩子发放的带回家电子设备，并启动对校园过度屏幕时间的州级评估；SB 1158 要求州能源规划者在评估电力可靠性时计入输电和审批方面的挑战；SB 1359《天然气用户保护法》通过避免重复建设天然气基础设施，预计可为用户省下数亿美元。此外，这批法案还涉及公用事业公司问责、犹太身份认同以及帮助有需要的人对接精神科护理等内容。
Newsom Signs All Nine of Senator Stern's Bills, Creating Nation's First Fire Innovation Unit
California Governor Gavin Newsom on October 8 signed all nine bills authored by state Senator Henry Stern (D-Los Angeles) that reached his desk this year — the first time every bill the senator sent to the governor has been signed into law. The signing took place in Sacramento, capping a legislative package spanning wildfire protection, school cooling, utility accountability and mental-health care.
The centerpiece, SB 1079, creates the nation's first Fire Innovation Unit within CAL FIRE to research, test and more quickly deploy new technology to prevent and fight wildfires. SB 1107 streamlines bulk contracting so schools can build shade structures faster, building on a $14 million state investment transforming twelve San Fernando Valley schoolyards and aligning with LAUSD's planned $40 million shade program.
Other measures include SB 1128, which lets parents decline school-issued take-home devices for kindergartners and starts a state review of screen-time risks; SB 1158, requiring energy planners to weigh transmission and permitting challenges in reliability assessments; and SB 1359, the Natural Gas Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at saving ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars by avoiding duplicative gas infrastructure.
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