Vetoes Same-Sex Marriage Bill – Los Angeles Times
By Nancy Vogel and Jordan Rau, Times Staff Writers
SACRAMENTO — Gov.
Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to legalize same-sex marriage or raise the minimum wage in a flurry of vetoes Thursday that killed a spate
of Democratic-backed labor and consumer protection bills.
On a day when the governor rejected 52 bills, he discarded proposals
that would have helped consumers buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada. He refused to expand punishments for employers that flout
minimum wage laws, pay women less than men or resist paying workers’ compensation claims.
He declined to protect nurses from
being required to work overtime or having to lift patients on their own. And he vetoed legislation to allow workers locked out by
employees during pay disputes to collect unemployment benefits.