After California Senator Padilla's bill was unanimously passed by the
California Senate and House---and endorsed by the bill's target Bay Area
Rapid Transit (BART)---Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the bill on Saturday.
http://www.govtech.com/policy-management/California-Governor-Vetoes-Cell-Service-Shutdown-Bill.html
Here's Brown's official veto message:
http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_1160_Veto_Message.pdf
<facepalm to preclude ranting>
gf
On 4/19/12 12:20 PM, Gregory Foster wrote:
SFGate (Apr 19) - "Bill bars cell service shutdown by public agencies
[without a court order]"
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/19/MNQM1O5B1R.DTL
/The bill, SB1160 by Sen. Alex Padilla [ @Alex_Padilla_
<http://twitter.com/Alex_Padilla_> ], D-Pacoima (Los Angeles County),
was approved in a unanimous bipartisan vote of a Senate committee
Tuesday and faces further committee hearings./
HT @TheWyatt <http://twitter.com/TheWyatt> -> @NicoleOzer
<http://twitter.com/NicoleOzer> -> @NabihaSyed
<http://twitter.com/NabihaSyed>.
Whew-ray! Still a ways to go before law, but very very glad to hear
this bill is in motion.
gf
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