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AI is already saving employees time. The bigger question is: where is that time going? Among frontline employees—individual white-collar employees with no managerial responsibilities—42% who are regular AI users report saving the equivalent of a full workday, but most organizations haven’t figured out how to convert the time into value. As AI adoption scales, the challenge for leaders is shifting from deploying tools to redesigning work, reallocating capacity, and capturing the value created. Read BCG's fourth annual AI at Work survey to explore why strategy, not just technology, is the defining factor in AI success:

**No recording explicitly says the Ghana trip was "part of a plan," but a leaked phone call from days before the fires shows Bass downplaying it:** "I’m missing two workdays, that’s it." She later admitted in interviews the timing was a mistake, saying if she had full info she wouldn't have gone. Yes, in a 2021 NYT interview before running for mayor, she said she would not travel internationally if elected—only to DC, Sacramento, etc.—but has taken multiple overseas trips since. **Key 2022 campaign promises & outcomes (verified from reports):** 1. Homelessness emergency declaration — Done. 2. House 17,000 unhoused in year 1 — Partial (thousands housed, overall unsheltered down ~5%). 3. Reduce street encampments — Progress but ongoing. 4. Hire more police — LAPD hiring increased. 5. Cut violent crime — Down significantly. 6. Build more affordable housing — Accelerated permits. 7. Mental health/substance programs — Expanded co-response teams. 8. Job training for unhoused — Initiatives launched. 9. Community safety partnerships — Invested. 10. Urgent City Hall reform — Mixed results amid scandals. Sources: LA Times, ABC7, NYT, official trackers.

Gavin Newsom has proposed expanding California’s sales tax rules to include many forms of digital software and SaaS products. If approved by the legislature, the proposal would apply sales tax to cloud-based and digitally delivered software services that have traditionally avoided taxation as non-physical products. It could impact platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Adobe, Workday, and other subscription tools. The measure is part of California’s revised 2026–27 budget and is projected to generate billions in long-term state and local revenue. If enacted, the rules would take effect in January 2027 and could influence other states’ taxation of cloud software and digital services.