(2004-02-20) — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today announced that unlawful acts by the Mayor of San Francisco are “illegal.”
The announcement comes about a week after Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered City Hall staffers to start offering marriage licenses to homosexual couples, despite the fact that California law forbids it.
“After six days of carefully studying the issue,” said Mr. Schwarzenegger, “I have determined that an action which violates the law is illegal, and vice versa. I have ordered California’s attorney general to explore what kind of action we can take against people who violate laws. I have asked him to present me with our best options within 10 months.”
State Sen. Tom McClintock, a conservative Republican who also ran for governor last year, said, “I’m just glad we have an ‘R’ next to the governor’s name in California. Some people were worried that Arnold was not a social conservative, but that’s only important when social issues come to the forefront…and that’s extremely rare.”
