Sen. Scott Wiener (D-CA)
- HQ / base
- San Francisco
California state senator; authored SB 1047 (frontier-model liability; passed legislature, vetoed by Newsom Sept 29, 2024 after a16z/OpenAI/Pelosi opposition) and SB 53 (Transparency in Frontier AI Act; signed Sept 29, 2025 — first US frontier-AI law). Running for Nancy Pelosi's CA-11 seat (2026) with AI-safety groups' backing and industry PAC money against him. The movement's most consequential elected ally.
Connections
- Center for AI Safety (CAIS)Action Fund co-sponsored SB 1047
- Secure AI Projectdrafted/advocated SB 53
- Encodeco-sponsored SB 1047; helped pass SB 53
- Public First / Public First Actionbacks pro-regulation candidates
- Anthropicendorsed SB 53
- Gov. Gavin Newsomvetoed SB 1047; signed SB 53
- Public First / Public First Actionbeneficiary alignment (CA-11 run)
- Sneha Revanurcoalition ally on SB 53