Gov. Jerry Brown signs bill restricting paparazzi drones


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The latest on legislation signed by California Gov. Jerry Brown (all times local):

5:13 p.m.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill intended to prevent paparazzi from flying drones over private property.

Brown announced Tuesday that he signed AB856, which changes the definition of a physical invasion of privacy to include the airspace above someone's land in order to capture pictures or recordings.

Assemblyman Ian Calderon, a Democrat from Whittier, says trespassing law needed to be clarified because paparazzi use drones to capture celebrities in their private activities.

The governor's support comes after he rejected other limits on drone use. He vetoed a similar proposal last month that would have made flying a drone above someone's property without permission a trespassing violation.

Over the weekend, he rejected several bills that would have banned drones over wildfires, schools, prisons and jails.

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4:16 p.m.:

Gov. Jerry Brown is tackling the overuse of psychiatric drugs on California foster children.

Brown announced Tuesday that he signed a series of bills responding to concerns that group homes rely too heavily on medications to control the behavior of foster kids.

The governor signed SB238 by Sen. Holly Mitchell, a Los Angeles Democrat, which would alert social workers when drugs are overprescribed and warn of dangerous drug interactions.

The County Welfare Directors Association of California applauded the measure for giving child welfare workers better tools and training.

Brown also signed SB319 and SB484 by Sen. Jim Beall, a San Jose Democrat.

The first grants public health nurses the ability to monitor medication for foster children. The second increases group home reporting requirements to prevent overuse of psychotropic drugs.

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3:52 p.m.:

California's governor is approving legislation requiring state agencies to evaluate their networks for cyber-threats after the state auditor reported that many agencies are vulnerable to a major security breach of sensitive data.

Gov. Jerry Brown announced signing AB670 on Tuesday.

The legislation by Democratic Assemblywoman Jacqui Irwin of Thousand Oaks requires the state to order at least 35 evaluations a year. It comes after several high-profile breaches and a report that found many agencies are not complying with the state's information technology standards.

The assessments will target agencies based on the relative amount of personal data they maintain.

Irwin said agencies have the funding for security assessments in their budgets but have not made them a priority.

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3:25 p.m.:

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a first-in-the-nation bill addressing privacy concerns as new smart TVs get equipped with voice recognition features.

Brown announced Tuesday that he has signed AB1116. The bill blocks a television's recording device unless consumers are prominently informed during initial setup that the feature could record conversations.

It also forbids TV manufacturers and related third parties from using or selling stored conversations for advertising purposes.

The bill was spearheaded by state Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Democrat from Glendale. He worried that conversations could be captured and transmitted.

Privacy experts say the changes, while important, may not go far enough to protect consumers.

They say the information collected could still be used to make psychological or cultural assessments of people for insurance or customer relations companies.

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3:00 p.m.:

A state lawmaker says Gov. Jerry Brown was "dead wrong" to veto her bill on gender parity in workers' compensation cases.

Brown's office announced Tuesday that he vetoed AB305, which aimed to ensure medical problems that primarily affect women were not considered pre-existing conditions when permanent disability compensation is calculated.

Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego says a woman's breasts should be worth as much as a male co-worker's prostate when they're lost in a workplace injury.

She said women often receive less pay than men for the same work injuries because California law allows discounted rates for conditions including pregnancy, breast cancer, menopause and osteoporosis.

The Democratic governor said the bill was based on a misunderstanding of the rules and would have created an unscientific standard.

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2:45 p.m:

After signing legislation to give California women the strongest equal-pay protection in the nation, Gov. Jerry Brown is vetoing a bill on gender parity in workers' compensation cases.

Brown's office announced Tuesday that he vetoed AB305, which aimed to ensure medical problems that primarily affect women were not considered pre-existing conditions when permanent disability compensation is calculated.

Democratic Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez of San Diego said women often receive less pay than men for the same work injuries because California law allows discounted rates for conditions including pregnancy, breast cancer, menopause and osteoporosis.

The Democratic governor says the bill is based on a misunderstanding of the rules. He says the workers' compensation system should be free of gender bias, but the proposed legislation sets up an unscientific standard.

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