California's newly sworn in Legislature
is taking up where the
old one left off, with bills addressing gay marriage and Central Valley
flooding among the first to be introduced.
The session gets underway in earnest in January.
But, according to the AP, already lawmakers are revisiting issues like whether
gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry in the state of California. Governor
Schwarzenegger vetoed a nearly identical bill in 2005. But Assemblyman Mark
Leno says he hopes the Republican governor will reconsider. Currently,
homosexual couples who register as domestic partners with the state are given
many of the same rights as married couples. The new Legislature includes 34
rookies and five former legislators returning for new terms.