California Dems Bring Back the Crazy Stuff That Arnold Vetoed

It was pretty clear this was going to happen as soon as we had a liberal Dem governor again:

Dozens of proposals vetoed by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger are zooming through the Legislature anew, with the ruling Democrats hoping Jerry Brown will sign them.

But getting the governor on board may not be easy.

Plans to boost the use of renewable energy, make it easier for farmworkers to unionize and give illegal immigrants access to college aid are among the more than 60 bills rejected by Schwarzenegger, a Republican, that could soon go before Brown, a Democrat.

Others would protect tenants in properties facing foreclosure, keep pesticides away from schools, close loopholes in the workplace smoking ban, crack down on the smuggling of cell phones into prisons and regulate body piercing.

Many of the bills could put the governor in an awkward position. He's intent on demonstrating to voters that he is not a machine Democrat. His effort to project an image of independence and fiscal prudence could be undermined by the acceptance of a raft of liberal legislation.

"I know exactly how Gov. Brown feels," said former Gov. Gray Davis, who was similarly deluged with Democratic bills when he took office in 1999 after 16 years of Republican governors. "There is a great deal of pent-up demand. I'm sure they [legislators] are licking their chops."

For all his faults Arnold did stop a lot of stupidity from being enacted into law. Those days are over, that's for sure.