Comments on: Weekend Update: Assembly Joins Senate, Passes Ammended A.B. 2321 http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/31/weekend-update-assembly-joins-senate-passes-ammended-ab-2321/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:37:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/31/weekend-update-assembly-joins-senate-passes-ammended-ab-2321/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 Damien Newton Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:19:37 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1092#comment-2159 Semantic difference. If Governor doesn't veto bill in 30 days, it becomes a law by statute so he doesn't have to physically "sign" the legislation for it to become law, just not veto it. Of course, it still remains to be seen whether or not it will be vetoed given what happened with the state budget yesterday. Here is the "how a bill becomes a law" chart off the state government website. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bil2lawd.html Semantic difference. If Governor doesn't veto bill in 30 days, it becomes a law by statute so he doesn't have to physically "sign" the legislation for it to become law, just not veto it. Of course, it still remains to be seen whether or not it will be vetoed given what happened with the state budget yesterday.

Here is the "how a bill becomes a law" chart off the state government website.

http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bil2lawd.html

]]> By: LAofAnaheim http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/31/weekend-update-assembly-joins-senate-passes-ammended-ab-2321/comment-page-1/#comment-2157 LAofAnaheim Mon, 01 Sep 2008 08:42:27 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1092#comment-2157 I'm confused...on the bottleneck blog, it says that Schwarzenegger has to SIGN it to become legal to vote on in November. So, are we really voting this November on the sales tax increase? I'm confused...on the bottleneck blog, it says that Schwarzenegger has to SIGN it to become legal to vote on in November. So, are we really voting this November on the sales tax increase?

]]> By: Dan Wentzel http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/08/31/weekend-update-assembly-joins-senate-passes-ammended-ab-2321/comment-page-1/#comment-2156 Dan Wentzel Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:54:34 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1092#comment-2156 Woo hoo! Wonderful news. Woo hoo! Wonderful news.

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