In a flurry of bill-signing activity this week, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gave the OK to several measures by Assemblywoman Bonnie Lowenthal, D-Long Beach.
The bills cover foster children, injured workers, senior citizens and other parties and issues.
One measure that didn't make it would have allowed the city of Long Beach to revise parking laws on the congested Peninsula.
Of seven Lowenthal bills that won approval in the Legislature this year, five were signed by Schwarezenegger and two were vetoed.
The Lowenthal bills signed by the governor:
- AB 719 will automatically give foster children a year of federally funded food stamps when they turn 18.
- AB 361 will stop insurance companies from authorizing the treatment of an injured worker and then refusing to pay the bill.
- AB 248 requires ship masters to provide the state with information about the systems they use to filter ballast-water tanks.
- AB 577 allows multiple state agencies to work together to provide assistance for senior citizens.
- AB 762 prevents residents in assisted-living facilities from being moved to nursing homes when their mobility becomes slightly impaired.
The bills become law on Jan. 1.
Schwarzenegger also vetoed two bills by Lowenthal. They were:
- AB 213, which would have given the city of Long Beach permission to allow residents on the Peninsula to park on what is now the wrong side of the area's tiny streets. Because it is difficult to park on the narrow roads, many cars park facing the wrong way.
- AB 1222, which would have extended California State University fund-raising provisions set to expire in 2011.
