Lower than a month after Waymo’s Los Angeles County growth, labor organizers and an LA lawmaker are calling for brand spanking new autonomous-vehicle rules.

On Tuesday, the workplace of LA Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez mentioned he’ll introduce a movement “urging officers within the state to deal with public security considerations round autonomous automobiles and reign within the growth of robotaxis in Los Angeles.”

The workplace cited each Waymo and Cruise within the assertion, which went out shortly after California’s DMV yanked Cruise’s robotaxi permits.

The movement would have LA Metropolis Lawyer Hydee Feldstein Soto be part of San Francisco’s current robotaxi lawsuit towards the California Public Utilities Fee. The CPUC is simply one of many regulatory our bodies overseeing the rollout of autonomous automobiles in California.

Councilmember Soto-Martínez represents LA’s thirteenth district, which incorporates Silverlake, Atwater Village, Little Armenia and Little Bangladesh. The lawmaker’s workplace mentioned he’ll introduce the movement at Wednesday’s metropolis council assembly, following a press convention with Teamsters chief Chris Griswold.

Final week, LA Councilmember Traci Park launched a movement calling for experiences on the town’s skill to manage autonomous automobiles. “The Metropolis might want to handle the potential impacts of those automobiles on the highway,” the movement mentioned. Park represents the town’s eleventh district, together with Venice, Sawtelle and Brentwood.

Waymo and Cruise didn’t instantly reply to TechCrunch’s requests for touch upon their LA operations and the lawmakers’ statements.

In the meantime, Teamsters simply led its second rally in Santa Monica in as many weeks over “ongoing security considerations with robotaxis.” The organizers mentioned they timed the Tuesday occasion to coincide with Alphabet and Google’s newest earnings report.

Dozens of individuals gathered outdoors Google’s headquarters in Venice to attract the eye of elected officers, Teamsters Native 396 communications head Adan Alvarez instructed TechCrunch. “Our communities shouldn’t be lab rats for this harmful know-how,” he mentioned, standing close to a gigantic binoculars statue on the beachside workplace. “Clearly it’s not protected, and our native elected officers ought to look into what may be accomplished to guard the protection, shield the widespread good,” mentioned Alvarez.

The Teamsters rep cited Governor Gavin Newsom’s determination to veto a invoice requiring human drivers in vans weighing greater than 10,000 kilos. Alvarez mentioned the veto offers tech companies a “inexperienced mild to start out experimenting with bigger automobiles” and places drivers’ jobs in danger.

Waymo’s LA growth has been a very long time coming. The corporate began mapping the town in 2019, and it kicked off robotaxi trip testing with staff in Santa Monica round March 2023. Waymo intends to broaden in Los Angeles metropolis correct “quickly,” per the corporate’s web site.

GM-backed Cruise has additionally examined autonomous automobiles in LA. The DMV’s suspensions go away room for Cruise to proceed working within the metropolis, as long as a human driver is current behind the wheel.