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In recent weeks Newsom has vetoed -

And last year he vetoed a bill that would have banned solitary confinement lasting longer than 15 days - something that the UN considers torture.

  • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    the governor vetoed Wiener's Senate Bill 90, which caps the cost of insulin at $35 per month. The bill had previously passed the Assembly 79-0 and passed the Senate on 39-0

    Why is the governor even able to veto something that passed with a veto-proof majority? Sorry pal you already lost.

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      9 months ago

      agony-immense

      Of the 66 bills vetoed by Newsom, all but 10 passed both houses by a two-thirds vote or more — the same threshold needed for a veto override but unlikely to spark such action when the Legislature reconvenes in January.

      https://www.latimes.com/california/newsletter/2021-10-15/california-politics-governor-all-powerful-veto-ca-politics

    • quarrk [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      Perhaps the votes only passed that hard because the congress was confident he would veto it anyway. If the rules changed, so would the votes, probably. Or maybe it would have not even made it to a vote.