He also....
Vetoed an increase in the minimum wage, saying a higher mandated wage rate would cost some low-skilled workers their jobs.
Rejected a plan to protect California's big utilities from competition, saying he preferred a more nimble, hybrid electricity system that would include traditional utilities and private energy companies.
Rejected a bill to ban state contracts with firms that do the work using overseas employees.
Turned back eight bills promoting the importation of cheap drugs from Canada.
Vetoed one measure that would have required every health-insurance policy to include coverage for maternity care, and another that mandated coverage of hearing aids for children.
Rejected a bill to require local governments to do "economic impact" studies before approving large retail stores.
Vetoed a measure that would have limited the schools' ability to test their students for drugs.
Vetoed another that would have outlawed the use of the name "Redskins" for high school sports teams.
Signed a measure giving local school districts broad new discretion in how they spend the money shipped their way from Sacramento.
Signed two measures to strengthen the rights of same-sex domestic partners and one that will allow drug addicts (or anyone else) to get clean needles without a prescription.
Approved a measure that added protections for transgender individuals to the state's hate crimes and anti-discrimination laws.
Signed a landmark measure creating a Sierra Nevada Conservancy to look after the condition of California's signature mountain range.
Signed bills allowing solo drivers of hybrid cars to drive in car pool lanes and prohibiting the dumping of waste from cruise ships along the coast.
Signed a bill prohibiting commercial tanning salons from serving children under age 14,
Signed a bill phasing out the force-feeding of birds to make the duck-liver delicacy known as foie gras.
Signed a bill requiring every California resident to have a water meter.