California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms available to all public high school students, arguing it was too expensive for a state with a budget deficit of more than $30 billion.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California had about 1.9 million high school students enrolled in more than 4,000 schools last year, according to the California Department of Education. “This bill would create an unfunded mandate to public schools that should be considered in the annual budget process,” Newsom wrote in a message explaining why he vetoed the bill, known as Senate bill 541.
Caroline Menjivar, a Democrat from Los Angeles and the author of the bill, had argued the bill would have helped “youth who decide to become sexually active to protect themselves and their partners from , while also removing barriers that potentially shame them and lead to unsafe sex.” Newsom said programs increasing access to condoms are “important to supporting improved adolescent sexual health.
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