Business lobby braces for new world under Gov. Jerry Brown

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Source: Sacramento Bee

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's veto stamp killed the bill twice in the last two years, and the business community cheered.

But last Monday it returned – a measure that would keep employers from looking into consumer credit reports as part of their hiring process.

This time, much to the consternation of business leaders, Assembly Bill 22 might become law.

"The general tenor of this office is that this bill has a better shot with Jerry Brown," said Haley Myers, legislative aide to the bill's author, Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Artesia.

Her assessment distills a worst-case scenario for California business interests that could extend to dozens of proposed laws and hundreds of regulations under a Brown administration.

Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/12/12/3251489/business-lobby-braces-for-new.html

[Dogmudgeon]

1. If I recall, "Gov. Moonbeam" was pretty good for the California economy

In thirty years, I can only think that Jerry Brown has grown more intelligent and wiser, not that he was ever lacking in those areas.

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2. K & R nt

[DCKit]

3. Because they use it as a weapon to supress wages? Who'd a thunk it? nt