In defying Newsom, she tried to protect California from Trump — and showed how legislating should work

On Friday, state Senate leader Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) showed us how a healthy, productive legislature works — one that independently pushes its own ideas about public policy and leaves it to the governor to decide whether to sign or veto a bill. Atkins rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s request to shelve her landmark anti-Trump environmental protection measure, SB 1.

from California https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-15/skelton-toni-atkins-gavin-newsom-sb1-trump-environment
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