Veto of SB1240 a relief to medical community

FALLBROOK -On Sept. 30, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1240 by returning it without signature. In a statement accompanying the returned bill, the governor said: “This bill would disrupt the balance between local discretion by local elected officials and state policy for assuring access to health care.”

This veto brings relief to residents and members of the medical community of Fallbrook, the board of directors of the Fallbrook Healthcare District and to Fallbrook Hospital. If this bill had passed into law, it would have created the possibility of the loss of the hospital fo...