Governor Newsom Signs Legislation and Announces New Funding to Advance the Golden State’s Fusion and Quantum Sectors

October 3, 2025 – BERKELEY — As the world’s innovation hub, California continues to lead. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two pieces of legislation into law and announced new funding to help maintain California’s ongoing dominance in emerging technologies that are fueling our future. The bills and new funding will advance California’s dominance in quantum and fusion technologies, helping to ensure the state continues to produce a strong talent pipeline, foster new research and development, and create opportunities for these technologies of the future to grow in regions throughout the state. The Governor signed the legislation and announced the new funding at the National Quantum Information Science Research Centers at the University of California, Berkeley, one of two national quantum centers in the state.

 

California is the epicenter of global innovation — it’s made us the 4th largest economy in the world and the talent pipeline for the nation. Our state was literally born from our ability to lean into emerging industries that will change our world. While others dream, California is delivering the future — the Golden State is where the innovations of tomorrow begin.

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