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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger flushed a bill requiring waterless urinals and even lower-flush toilets down the veto tube Saturday, but he signed a bill allowing domestic partners to file joint state tax returns. At the deadline for acting on measures approved by legislators, the governor also signed measures increasing card-club game stakes, relaxing control over siting of cell phone towers and banning the new and deadly teenager practice of riding in the trunk of cars to sidestep driving laws.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has now vetoed all three "sexual indoctrination" bills passed earlier this year. Conservative activists said Schwarzenegger was responding to election-year pressure from "irate parents and grandparents." Advocates for homosexuality said the veto leaves California students "vulnerable to bias and intimidation based on sexual orientation and gender identity." Late Thursday, Schwarzenegger vetoed Assembly Bill 606, which would have required that state funds be withheld from any school district that does not adopt a "model policy" prohibiting discrimination and harassment based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Critics say the bill would have forced schools to promote transsexuality,...

Governor Schwarzenegger today announced that he has signed legislation that will benefit California veterans, military personnel and their families. "Our brave men and women in the military and our veterans are incredible and we owe them our deepest gratitude for taking extraordinary risks and making tremendous sacrifices in defense of freedom and democracy," said Governor Schwarzenegger. “This legislation will provide important benefits for California’s veterans and military personnel.” Specifically, Gov. Schwarzenegger signed the following bills: Assembly Bill 2884 by Assemblymember Baca (D- Rialto) makes the California Military & Veterans Code consistent with federal law with respect to health care coverage...