Sacramento Bee: Opinion: California leads the world in innovation but can't get hearing aids to deaf kids
AB 598 was co-authored by Assemblyman Richard Bloom and Senator Ben Allen, both Democrats from Santa Monica, who were trying to succeed where five previous attempts over the years had failed. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger had vetoed similar bills three times - in 2004, 2006 and 2007. Two other attempts never made it out of the committee process…“Essentially it all came down to administration concerns about costs,” Allen said in a recent interview.
