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title: "California State Senator Scott Wiener, an author of AI safety law SB 53, won Tuesday's election to succeed Pelosi in the US House, campaigning on AI regulation (Rocket Drew/The Information)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/california-state-senator-scott-wiener-an-author-of-ai-safety-law-sb-53-689fad8e
published: 2026-11-05T21:35:01.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# California State Senator Scott Wiener, an author of AI safety law SB 53, won Tuesday's election to succeed Pelosi in the US House, campaigning on AI regulation (Rocket Drew/The Information)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-05 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/california-state-senator-scott-wiener-an-author-of-ai-safety-law-sb-53-689fad8e

Rocket Drew / The Information : California State Senator Scott Wiener, an author of AI safety law SB 53, won Tuesday's election to succeed Pelosi in the US House, campaigning on AI regulation — Scott Wiener, the California politician who led the successful effort to pass AI safety legislation in the state's legislature last year, is headed to Washington.

In this story: [AI regulation](https://frontiernewswire.com/topics/ai-regulation)

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261105/p53#a261105p53)

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