State Sen. Dave Cortese pulled his Senate Bill 915 after proposed amendments would have removed its provision for localized control, influencing safety and accessibility opportunities for Californians.
Critics argued that localized regulations could hinder the operation and seamless service of robotaxis across different boundaries, potentially leading to policing for profit by municipalities.
The bill aimed to limit initial regulation of robotaxis to cities of 250,000 or larger, allowing smaller neighboring cities to adopt similar ordinances and explicitly banning cities from prohibiting these vehicles.
The centralized control over autonomous taxi deployment by state agencies, coupled with past robotaxi incidents in San Francisco, has fueled municipal hesitance towards the technology.
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