Briefly, here are some other Bills we don’t need:
Banning tackle football for kids before they reach high school, which has been proposed in a Bill by assembly members Democrats Kevin McCarty and Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher. They cite the danger of longterm brain damage suffered by head injuries at a young age.
Yes, but kids are going to play tackle if they want to anyway, regardless of whether they’re in an organised league. And this should be a parental decision.
‘‘Mouthtosnout’’ resuscitation for endangered pets. That’s right. Democrat senator Steve Glazer has a Bill that would allow firstresponders to provide this emergency service for a dog or cat. Currently, such resuscitation must be performed by a licensed veterinarian.
So there’d be pressure on the responder to apply mouthtosnout. Come on! Really?
A sitdown restaurant would be barred from providing plastic straws to customers unless they’re requested. Democrat assemblyman Ian Calderon said he introduced the Bill after reading that 500 million plastic straws are discarded daily. Fastfood eateries would be exempt. Better idea: Just pass a resolution asking restaurants to do that. Don’t become any more of a nanny state.
The California Vaquero would be designated California’s official horse under a Bill by Republican assemblyman Randy Voepel. He says it dates to at least 1769 in this state.
I’d prefer the donkey. But we’ve got too many ‘‘official’’ things already: a state fabric (denim), a dinosaur (never mind) . . .
California’s official sport would be surfing, under a bill by Democrat assemblyman Al Muratsuchi.
Sure. People living in the Central Valley or the desert would certainly relate. Who thinks up this stuff?