When considering the use of AI in government services, Code for America follows a core set of principles that focus on ethics, safety and impact. The organization suggests six principles for the “successful and equitable integration of AI into government systems” in an August 14 blog. In May, Code for America launched their AI Studio to support government in implementing human-centered artificial intelligence. Code for America defines their vision in part as: Government can work for the people, by the people, in the digital age.
Seven young adults sued Los Angeles County and the State of California for failing to provide them with safe housing and mental health services, according to Children’s Rights. In a recent decision, according to the Los Angeles Times on August 19, a U.S. District Judge allowed the class-action lawsuit to move forward, ruling that the government’s responsibility to foster kids doesn’t end when they turn 18. According to the lawsuit, the action “challenges the Los Angeles County foster care system’s persistent failure to ensure that foster youth aged sixteen to twenty-one (“transition age foster youth”) have meaningful access to the crucial housing, mental health, and other services to which they are legally entitled.”
A Virginia joint subcommittee met on August 21 to review a proposal to create a single gaming agency. Currently, multiple agencies oversee the industry in the state. The efforts to consolidate followed a 2022 report by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission that recommended Virginia create a single state agency to regulate gambling, according to the Virginia Mercury on August 22. The two-year plan before the committee describes the regulatory authorities proposed for the independent state agency—the Virginia Gaming Commission—including powers over online gambling and charity gaming.