California signs two AI-audit safeguards

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two AI-safeguard bills, SB 813 and AB 1405, creating an independent-assessment framework and a state registry for AI auditors. The governor’s announcement calls them first-in-the-nation standards for third-party evaluation, with requirements around auditor independence, transparency, and integrity. Builders with California exposure should treat independent evaluation as procurement infrastructure, not an internal red-team checkbox; AISI’s agent-evaluation scope finding shows why audit boundaries matter.