Sacramento – Today, Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D. (D-La Mesa) announced her intention to introduce a bill to ban the sale of products containing the ingredient, Tianeptine. This drug, which is not approved by the FDA[1] for any medical use, is being sold as an ingredient in many products in California stores. Common names for Tianeptine include “gas station heroin,” “ZaZa Red,” or “Neptune’s Elixir.”

Sacramento – Today, Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D. (D-La Mesa) announced the introduction of AB 1815. This bill would prohibit an amateur sports organization from discriminating against any person on the basis of race, inclusive of traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles in the operation, conduct, or administration of a youth or amateur sports competition, training, camp, or club.

Sacramento – Today, Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D. (D-La Mesa) announced she will be introducing legislation that will address the challenges of intentionally deceptive content on the internet, by requiring an industry standard for identifying generative artificial intelligence (“AI”). This standard has been adopted by a multi-stakeholder initiative made up of more than 1800 entities from the private sector, academia, human rights groups, NGOs, and others.

I am pleased to announce that Hernán Luis y Prado, Founder and CEO of Workshops for Warriors, has been selected as the 79th Assembly District Veteran of the Year!