Governor Gavin Newsom this week vetoed a bill that aimed to strengthen a pollution monitoring program, and signed dozens of others.
Petroleum refineries in California are already required to keep track of pollutants that escape a facility and share some of that data with the public.
The vetoed bill would have called for these refineries to provide more data and be stricter with certain additional requirements. It also would have expanded a program to biofuel refineries, among others.
Many environmentalist groups supported the bill, like the Environmental Defense Fund. The California Chamber of Commerce opposed it, along with several industry groups such as the Western States Petroleum Association.
The Governor wrote in his veto message that there was no money in the budget to carry out the requirements.
The Governor also signed dozens of bills this week. One gives local health officers the authority to investigate private detention facilities. Another will minimize exposure to the court system for children under 12 accused of a non-violent crime.
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