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Gov. Gavin Newsom&#x27;s <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="executive order" data-vars-click-url="https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5.21.26-AI-Workforce-EO-FINAL-SIGNED.pdf" data-vars-content-id="69f67e65-308c-4785-b187-c3e8c479250a" data-vars-headline="How California is preparing for AI workforce disruption" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/5.21.26-AI-Workforce-EO-FINAL-SIGNED.pdf" target="_blank">executive order</a> last month directing state agencies to study how <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="AI" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/07/ai-business-technology-stocks-broadcom" data-vars-content-id="69f67e65-308c-4785-b187-c3e8c479250a" data-vars-headline="How California is preparing for AI workforce disruption" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/06/07/ai-business-technology-stocks-broadcom" target="_self">AI</a> is reshaping work reflects a growing challenge for policymakers: preparing workers for labor market changes as the technology accelerates and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="anxiety" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/15/ai-regulation-china-us-pew-report" data-vars-content-id="69f67e65-308c-4785-b187-c3e8c479250a" data-vars-headline="How California is preparing for AI workforce disruption" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/15/ai-regulation-china-us-pew-report" target="_self">anxiety</a> about job losses grow.Why it matters: California is home to many of the world&#x27;s leading AI companies, making it both a driver of rapid growth and a potential ground zero for any workforce disruption that follows.

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