(KMJ) Gov. Jerry Brown continues file through the stacks of legislation remaining on his desk in Sacramento.
On Sunday, Brown’s office announced that he had signed a bill into law allowing for CPR training to become a high school graduation requirement. The law will go into effect in 2018.
He also signed a bill that allows good Samaritans to break into unattended hot cars to rescue animals and rejected a bill that would have made changes to California’s school accountability system.
Brown may have upset some following the terror attacks in San Bernardino late last year. He vetoed a bill that would have fully reimbursed first responders to the scene of the mass shooting that left 14 dead by an ISIS sympathizer and his wife.
Governor Brown’s veto message: “I recognize the unique circumstances of this horrific terrorist attack. However, this bill sets the expectation that the state will assume all financial responsibility for future emergency costs. The General Fund cannot afford this precedent.”
The legislation was authored by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino).
The normal state reimbursement in massive emergencies is 75%. State analysts said if Brown had signed the bill, it would have cost California more than $1.5 million.
