California Chamber of Commerce says 28 bills are 'job killers'

Sacramento Bee ^ | 5/25/11 | Dan Walters

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Each year, the state Chamber of Commerce publishes a list of bills it calls "job killers," saying they will place onerous burdens on employers and discourage hiring -- and has run up a very strong record in killing or neutralizing measures on its list.

Last year, for instance, the list contained 43 bills, of which just 12 made it to then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk, and he vetoed all but two of them. Republican Schwarzenegger rarely signed "job killer" bills, although his predecessor, Democrat Gray Davis, signed most that reached him.

The targeted bills are mostly sponsored by labor unions, environmental groups, personal injury attorneys and consumer activists, and with Democrat Jerry Brown back as governor, they have ramped up their efforts to pass their legislative agendas, which include many of the measures that were blocked during the Schwarzenegger era.

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For all his faults, Schwarzenegger vetoed more bad bills than Davis. And it's certain that Governor Moonbeam understands who got him elected.

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