SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – A bill that would have let communists legally work in California government was withdrawn after the sponsor said he learned it caused veterans and Vietnamese-Americans “distress and hurt.” Assemblyman Rob Bonta on Wednesday announced he decided to shelve the bill. The San Francisco Bay Area Democrat apologized to veterans and people who fled the communist regime in Vietnam. AB22 would have repealed part of state law enacted during the Cold War that made belonging to the Communist Party a fireable offense for public employees. Bonta says such provisions have since been ruled unconstitutional. The Assembly narrowly approved the bill last week. Some Assembly Republicans spoke forcefully against the measure before voting against it. One who fought in the Vietnam War said communists are “still a threat.”
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