Governor Vetoes Apportionment Discrimination Bill

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed an unopposed bill that would have prohibited apportioning disability to race, gender and other characteristics, and he said training qualified medical evaluators and agreed medical evaluators is the best way to prevent discriminatory apportionment determinations. Newsom on Tuesday vetoed SB 788, by Sen. Steven Bradford, D-Gardena. The bill would have prohibited consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, gender, marital status, sex, sexual identity or sexual orientation in determining the percentage of the permanent disability c...