Veggie, in this case the "sheeple" did their job. Over 100,000 people called their legislators and the governor to voice their objections to the original bill.
That bill, AB 1058, actually was killed by the effort, but the legislators pulled a fast one and wrote the bill with a new number, AB 1493...because the first one "had a taint".
You are correct. The first bill was killed and the second was pushed through in
days. The hearings were held in the smallest and media-unfriendly (no tv hookup) committee rooms. This bill went through the houses very quickly and with no fanfaire.
To me, that is as outrageous as the BS in the bill itself. It angers me beyond words.