GovernorWill speak to a Chinese Consolidated Benevolent...

Governor

Will speak to a Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Assn. luncheon in San Francisco on Monday and a California Chamber of Commerce luncheon in Sacramento on Wednesday.

Assembly

Floor Action:

Sheriff: Passed on a 58-6 vote and returned to the Senate for concurrence in amendments on a bill (SB 1356) by Sen. William Campbell (R-Hacienda Heights) to establish minimum educational and law enforcement requirements for candidates who run for sheriff.

Symphony: Passed and sent to the Senate on a 65-9 vote a bill (AB 2914) by Assemblywoman Lucy Killea (D-San Diego) to allow symphony associations to sell beer and wine to people attending performances inside their halls sponsored by other groups.

Bill Introductions:

Nuclear Employees: AB 4686 by Assemblyman Phillip Isenberg (D-Sacramento) would require electric utilities to find new positions for employees who lose their jobs when a nuclear power plant is closed. Sacramento voters will be asked to decide in the June primary election if the local Rancho Seco nuclear power plant should be shut down.

Senate

Floor Action:

Pool Art: Passed and sent to the governor on a 34-0 vote a bill (AB 2740) by Assemblyman Mike Roos (D-Los Angeles) to exempt artist David Hockney’s mural at the bottom of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel swimming pool from state building codes that would require it to be painted over. The mural has been described as a “sea of swimming apostrophes.”

Committee Action:

AIDS: The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (AB 2319) by Assemblyman Bruce Bronzan (D-Fresno) to require people convicted of prostitution to be tested for the AIDS virus. If the test turned out positive, a subsequent arrest for prostitution would be treated as a felony rather than a misdemeanor. An 8-1 vote sent the bill to the Appropriations Committee.

Wine Coolers: The Senate Natural Resources Committee approved a bill (AB 612) by Assemblyman Byron D. Sher (D-Palo Alto) to include wine-cooler containers in the 1 cent empty redemption state law that already covers beer and soft drink bottles and cans. A 6-2 vote sent the bill to the Appropriations Committee.