Josh Lowenthal

So, um, yeah, I, I, I, I think we are going to find our way with all of these things.

So Assembly member, if, if someone is watching this, moms, dads, people who are concerned and they're thinking, "Okay, Assembly member Josh Lowenthal is going to be traveling.

He's gonna be going to other states.

He's gonna take this legislation that he's passed in California and help us figure out how to do it where we live." W-what can they do? What do you recommend they do to get involved if this is an issue that's really important to them?

So, you know, hopefully, this has opened the door to many things.

And if there are folks out there, uh, throughout the United States, doesn't matter if you're in a red state, blue state, purple state, if you feel that, uh, local, uh, state elected officials could be interested in this and you can connect us, please do so.

I don't think you understand what you have just, um, invited, uh, type A women to do, which is to reach out to Assembly member Josh Lowenthal's office.

So many of the people who are watching here over on Instagram, they are gonna definitely be interested in, in plugging in and getting involved, um, because this is such an important issue.

Governor Gavin Newsom and the Democratic supermajority in both chambers of the state legislature offer an extensive list of policies flowing from the same socialist and Marxist ideology being championed by the ascendant wing of the Democratic Party.

The latest example is AB 1803, signed by Governor Newsom last week, authored by Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal.

The law requires employers with five or more employees to add training on hate speech to the growing list of California's harassment training law.

Lowenthal said, quote, California must make meaningful progress to train Californians on the danger of hate speech, not only in the workplaces, but in society as a whole, end quote.

Um...

Well, one of the ones was that Lowenthal bill that you did.

Yeah.

So we could start with those.

Mm-hmm.

Um, one being a bill that's gonna create digital wellness curriculum for, to teach kids best practices on screen use in schools.

Um, another one is, uh, AB 1709, authored by myself and, uh, Assembly member Josh Lowenthal, who's actually been on this podcast before.

Yeah.

I'm your host, Michelle Glogovac, and today we're getting a bit meta because this will be out on social media, and we are talking about social media.

I have joining me Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal, who represents California's 69th District down in the Long Beach area, and we are talking about two recent California Assembly Bills, 1709 and two, which directly speak to social media and the addictive behavior it has over our children under 16.

He's sharing all about those bills, the importance about having guardrails for our children along with social media, and so much more.

We are talking as two parents who are very concerned for our children, for other people's children, and to ensure that change is made and that people are being held accountable, especially these big corporations.

Can you take a moment to introduce yourself, please?

Yeah.

My name is Josh Lowenthal.

I'm a state assembly member.

We're produced by the great Chris Hauselt and Miss Thea Harper.

And on today's show, we're going to be talking about the social media regulation in California with California State Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal.

The mighty Amisha Cross comes here to talk about the midterms and the press ban.

And comedians Rhonda Hansom and Keith Price join us today.

It changes the financial consequences when a social media company is found by a court to have negligently caused injury to a child.

The timing is significant because, as you know, Meta just agreed to pay up to $18 billion to settle claims brought by states alleging that Facebook and Insta were contributing to kids' social media addiction and harm.

And my guest today is California Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal.

a Democrat from Long Beach and the author of two of those new laws.