Greetings to all BPW members and legislative advocates!
As expected, the Gov waited until the last minute to do his bloodletting and vetoed en mass legislation with token veto messages or clones of other veto messages. If you choose to gander at the three legislative updates following his stunt on Sunday as he held legislative leadership hostage for water deals that he demanded, you will notice numerous bills that he did bother to sign have direct correlation to names and corporations on his many donor lists. You will also notice that for someone who publicly announced within the last week that he supported health care reform, he vetoed nearly all of the legislation dealing with health care access, gender equity, fee control, or improvements for patients.
If you want to follow the money, go to www.ss.ca.gov for checking any of his fifteen fundraising committees.
If you want to read any additional veto messages, go to www.gov.ca.gov and look under press releases. The veto messages were not yet posted under the issues/bills dealt with/ tabs.
For those who helped advocate for the CFBPW officially endorsed legislation, AB98 that was vetoed even after the legislature made all the amendments that the Gov demanded before he had indicated that he would sign it, the veto message is below. Just another instance of making deals and going back on his word. If I sound negative, I apologize, but I am, extremely negative in my opinion of holding legislation hostage and also extorting changes in lieu of promised support, only to demonstrate careless disregard of all the real people that are affected by his heavy handedness and dismissal of the needs of individuals over corporate profit and convenience.
Please disseminate the information through out the BPW network to any who may be interested in the passage or veto of this year's legislation.
Thank you,
Mary Ward, CFBPW Legislation/Public Policy Chair
To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 98 without my signature.
I have vetoed similar bills twice before. The addition of this mandate must be considered
in the larger context of how it will increase the overall cost of health care. This, like
other mandates, only increases premiums in an environment in which health coverage is
increasingly expensive.
Maternity coverage is offered and available in today’s individual insurance market.
Consumers can choose whether they want to purchase this type of coverage, and the
pricing is reflective of that choice. While the perfect world would allow for all health
conditions to be covered, including maternity, I cannot allow the perfect to become the
enemy of the good. There is a reason the individual insurance market regulated by the
Department of Insurance is growing – consumers are choosing policies they can afford.
Essentially, I am faced with choosing between covering fewer people, but with better
coverage – or allowing more people to buy a policy that offers reduced benefits at a lower
cost. It is not an easy choice. However, because I continue to have serious concerns
about the rising costs of healthcare and believe the potential benefits of a mandate of this
magnitude will translate to fewer individuals being able to afford coverage, I cannot
support this bill.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
FROM THE SACRAMENTO BEE 10/11/09:
As expected, the water talks droned on throughout the weekend and more than 700 bills got dealt with by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the final hours leading up to his midnight deadline for acting on end-of-session legislation.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Sunday issued a proclamation calling for the legislature to meet in an extraordinary session to address California’s water crisis: (Surprise, Surprise)
Legislative Update 1
As legislative leaders continue talks on a package of water bills, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's office released word of the fate of 183 bills.
The governor, who threatened to veto "a lot" of bills if leaders can't strike a water deal, has until midnight to act on the more than 500 bills remaining on his desk.
See the governor's office's list of the 89 bills he signed and the 94 bills struck down with the veto pen.
10/11/2009 GAAS:604:09
Governor Schwarzenegger has signed 79 bills and vetoed 89 bills.
Bills Signed:
SB 2 by Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) - Pest control: Pierce’s disease: glassy-winged sharpshooter.
SB 11 by Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino) - County employees retirement: San Bernardino County health benefits.
SB 17 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) - Electricity: smart grid systems.
SB 37 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) - State employees: statement of deductions.
SB 104 by Senator Jenny Oropeza (D-Long Beach) - California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: nitrogen trifluoride.
SB 167 by Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego) - Solid waste: waste tires.
SB 175 by Senator Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) - Firearms.
SB 449 by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima) - Firearms: transaction reports.
SB 509 by Committee on Education - Education.
SB 634 by Committee on Public Employment and Retirement - State Teachers’ Retirement System.
SB 819 by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) - Professions and vocations.
SB 821 by Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development - Consumer affairs: professions and vocations.
AB 48 by Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) - Private postsecondary education: California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009.
AB 65 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) - Public employee health benefits: vision care: local, school, and university members.
AB 99 by Assemblymember Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) - Secondhand dealers and coin dealers.
AB 138 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) - Accounting firms: peer review.
AB 162 by Assemblymember Ira Ruskin (D-Redwood City) - Disclosure of sources of electrical generation.
AB 174 by Assemblymember Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) - School district reorganization.
AB 224 by Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena) - Business.
AB 239 by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) - Teacher credentialing.
AB 248 by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) Public resources: ballast water management.
AB 274 by Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) - Solid waste: landfills: closure plans.
AB 370 by Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) - Unlicensed contractors.
AB 468 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) - Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act: employer contributions.
AB 487 by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) - Instructional materials: sale of surplus or undistributed obsolete instructional materials.
AB 506 by Assemblymember Warren Furutani (D-South Los Angeles County) - State teachers’ retirement: postretirement earnings.
AB 515 by Assemblymember Curt Hagman (R-Chino Hills) - Collateral recovery: tow vehicles.
AB 531 by Assemblymember Lori Saldaña (D-San Diego) - Energy consumption data: disclosure.
AB 544 by Assemblymember Joe Coto (D-San Jose) - Teaching credential: American Indian languages.
AB 691 by Assemblymember Danny Gilmore (R-Hanford) - School districts: 4-day school week.
AB 708 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) - Fish and wildlife: poaching.
AB 774 by Assemblymember Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) - Community college districts: transportation fees.
AB 800 by former Assemblymember Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda) - Insurance omnibus.
AB 839 by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (R-Redlands) - Medi-Cal: providers: remedies.
AB 854 by Assemblymember Juan Arambula (I-Fresno) - Employment regulation and supervision: unpaid wages.
AB 856 by Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) - Fertilizing material: organic input material.
AB 870 by Assemblymember Alyson Huber (D-El Dorado Hills) - Crime: school grounds: prohibited weapons.
AB 890 by Assemblymember John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) - City of Maywood: drinking water.
AB 896 by Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Livingston) - Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates.
AB 938 by Committee on Judiciary- Relative caregivers and foster parents.
AB 945 by Committee on Agriculture - Secretary of Food and Agriculture regulation: equine drugs: fruits, nuts, and vegetables standards.
AB 951 by Assemblymember Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) - Charter-party carriers.
AB 1015 by Assemblymember Tom Torlakson (D-Antioch) - Nitrous oxide: prohibit sale to minors.
AB 1020 by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (R-Redlands) - Public swimming pools: anti-entrapment devices and systems.
AB 1053 by Assemblymember Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) - Juveniles.
AB 1066 by Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk) - Forest practices: timber harvesting plans.
AB 1071 by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (R-Redlands) - Professions and vocations.
AB 1072 by Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) - Public Transportation Modernization, Improvement, and Service Enhancement Account.
AB 1093 by Assemblymember Yamada (D-Solano) - Workers’ compensation.
AB 1130 by Assemblymember Jose Solorio (D-Anaheim) - Academic performance.
AB 1165 by Assemblymember Yamada (D-Solano) - Flood protection.
AB 1166 by Assemblymember Jim Nielsen (R-Gerber) - Parole: hearings: review.
AB 1196 by Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) - The False Claims Act.
AB 1209 by Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) - Identification.
AB 1217 by Assemblymember William Monning (D-Carmel) - Ocean Protection Council: sustainable seafood.
AB 1249 by Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Livingston) - Inedible kitchen grease transporters: dead animal haulers.
AB 1255 by Assemblymember Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto) - Agricultural seed: county seed enforcement subventions.
AB 1269 by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) - Medi-Cal: eligibility.
AB 1295 by Assemblymember Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield) - Postsecondary education: nursing degree programs.
AB 1311 by former Assemblymember Michael Duvall (R-Yorba Linda) - State government reports.
AB 1318 by Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez (D-Coachella) - South Coast Air Quality Management District: emission reduction credits: California Environmental Quality Act.
AB 1319 by Assemblymember Paul Krekorian (D-Burbank) - Talent services.
AB 1325 by Assemblymember Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) - Tribal customary adoption.
AB 1363 by Assemblymember Mike Davis (D-Los Angeles) - Firearms.
AB 1381 by Assemblymember John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) - High-occupancy toll lanes.
AB 1386 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) - State highways.
AB 1390 by Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) - School safety: school security and police departments.
AB 1442 by Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife - Fish and game: oil spills: wildlife rehabilitation.
AB 1444 by Assemblymember Martin Garrick (R-Carlsbad) - Disposition of state property: services contracts.
AB 1463 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) - High school graduation: military uniforms.
AB 1516 by Assemblymember Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) - Criminal procedure: discovery.
AB 1535 by Assemblymember Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) - Audiologists: hearing aids.
AB 1540 by Committee on Health - Health.
AB 1553 by Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes (D-Sylmar) - Telecommunications: universal service: deaf and disabled telecommunications programs.
AB 1568 by Assemblymember Mary Salas (D-Chula Vista) - Property taxation: disaster relief: Children’s Health and Human Services Special Fund.
AB 1584 by Assemblymember Dr. Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina) - Public employees’ retirement: retirement boards.
Bills Vetoed:
AB 690 by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) - Trustees of the California State University and Regents of the University of California: meetings.
See attached veto message.
AB 1087 by Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) - State Board of Equalization: sales and use taxes: administration: transportation charges: public contracts with expatriate corporations: tax treaty.
See attached veto message.
Legislative Update 3
10/11/2009 GAAS:609:09
Governor Schwarzenegger has signed 62 bills and vetoed 38 bills.
Bills Signed:
SB 72 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review - State employees: payroll: health care.
SB 73 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review - State fees.
SB 75 by Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review - Judiciary.
SB 98 by Senator Ron Calderon (D-Montebello) - Life insurance: contracts and viatical settlements.
SB 118 by Senator Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) - Child welfare services: incarcerated parents.
SB 135 by Senator Dean Florez (D-Shafter) - Animal abuse: cattle: tail docking.
SB 169 by Senator John J. Benoit (R-Bermuda Dunes) - Identification: honorably retired peace officers.
SB 286 by Senator Sam Aanestad (R-Grass Valley) - Department of Fish and Game: scientific collector’s permits.
SB 290 by Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco/San Rafael) – Tenancy: notices.
SB 308 by Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach) - Professional fiduciaries: donative transfers.
SB 334 by Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego) - School facilities: new construction grant eligibility: special education pupils.
SB 340 by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) - Advertising: automatic renewal and continuous service offers.
SB 361 by Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) - Public postsecondary education: priority registration: Armed Forces and State Military Reserve service.
SB 448 by Senator Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills) - California State Safe Harbor Agreement Program Act.
SB 546 by Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) - Used oil.
SB 575 by Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento) - Local planning: housing element.
SB 597 by Senator Carol Liu (D-La Cañada Flintridge) - Child welfare services, foster care services, and adoption assistance.
SB 626 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) - Electrical infrastructure: plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles.
SB 635 by Senator Patricia Wiggins (D-Santa Rosa) - Marriage licenses: vital records: fees: domestic violence.
SB 644 by Senator Jeff Denham (R-Merced) - Civil service examinations: veterans’ preference.
SB 671 by Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley) - Agricultural land: valuation.
SB 695 by Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) - Energy: rates.
SB 728 by Senator Alan Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) - Air pollution: parking cash-out program.
SB 739 by Senator Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks) - Political Reform Act of 1974: fundraising.
SB 741 by Senator Abel Maldonado (R-Santa Maria) - Proprietary security services.
SB 752 by Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana) - County employees’ retirement: Orange County.
AB 9 by Assemblymember John A. Perez (D-Los Angeles) - Political Reform Act of 1974: expenditures.
AB 30 by Senator (former Assemblymember) Curren Price (D-Inglewood) - Elections: voter registration
AB 119 by Assemblymember Dave Jones (D-Sacramento) - Health care coverage: pricing.
AB 606 by Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco) - California Blueberry Commission.
AB 626 by Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) - Bond revenues: integrated regional water management: grants.
AB 645 by Assemblymember Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks) - Professional engineers and land surveyors: licensing.
AB 652 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) - Vehicles: vehicle length limitation.
AB 698 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) - Utility property.
AB 719 by Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach) - Transitional food stamps for foster youth.
AB 750 by Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles) - Deferred entry of judgment.
AB 753 by Assemblymember Anthony Adams (R-Hesperia) - Ballot titles and labels.
AB 851 by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) - Education finance.
AB 881 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) - Sonoma County Regional Climate Protection Authority: greenhouse gas emissions.
AB 920 by Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael) - Solar and wind distributed generation.
AB 947 by Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica) - Community colleges: nonresident tuition: foreign citizens.
AB 1005 by Assemblymember Marty Block (D-San Diego) - California Board of Accountancy.
AB 1025 by Assemblymember Connie Conway (R-Tulare) - Schools: employees and volunteers: Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate.
AB 1031 by Assemblymember Bob Blumenfield (D-San Fernando Valley) - Renewable energy resources.
AB 1052 by Assemblymember Anna Caballero (D-Salinas) - Bay-Delta Sport Fishing Enhancement Stamp.
AB 1079 by Assemblymember V. Manuel Pérez (D-Coachella) - Environment: California-Mexico border.
AB 1080 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) - School districts: leases and agreements.
AB 1085 by Assemblymember Tony Mendoza (D-Norwalk) - State Air Resources Board: regulations.
AB 1145 by Senator (former Assemblymember) Curren Price (D-Inglewood) - Architects: fees.
AB 1200 by Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) - Motor vehicle insurance: direct repair programs.
AB 1216 by Assemblymember Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa) - Honey.
AB 1227 by Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles) - Workers’ compensation: public employees: leaves of absence.
AB 1240 by Assemblymember Mike Davis (D-Los Angeles) - Community colleges: leasing of buildings: sale of district property.
AB 1393 by Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) - Foster youth.
AB 1396 by Assemblymember Norma Torres (D-Pomona) - Elections: Democratic Party.
AB 1406 by Assemblymember Bill Emmerson (R-Redlands) - County board of retirement: San Bernardino County.
AB 1423 by Assemblymember Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto) - Commercial hunting clubs: Shared Habitat Alliance for Recreational Enhancement program: interference with hunting.
AB 1440 by Assemblymember Sandré Swanson (D-Alameda) - Elections: provisional ballots.
AB 1464 by Assemblymember Cameron Smyth (R-Santa Clarita) - Transportation: California Bicycle Routes of National, State, or Regional Significance Act.
AB 1551 by Committee on Utilities and Commerce - Energy: program eligibility and costs.
AB 1566 by Committee on Banking and Finance - Banking: disclosures.
Bill Vetoed:
AB 958 by Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) - Design-build: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California: solar energy systems.
See attached veto message.
