If years of activist campaigns, political lobbying, and vandalism couldn’t slow Waymo’s roll, the horrific death of a beloved neighborhood kitty just might.

A tabby cat named KitKat has become a cause célèbre for driverless car regulation in California after a Waymo ran him down last week, leaving the neighborhood heartbroken. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the death and ensuing community backlash has inspired district supervisor Jackie Fielder to appeal to the governor and state regulators to reconsider who has the final say on autonomous ride-hail vehicles.

Fielder’s push is apparently inspired by a dead bill in state Senate that would shift authority over driverless cars to municipal authorities, effectively giving local residents a more direct say in what is and isn’t allo

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