SACRAMENTO (UPI) -- Gov. Pete Wilson vetoed a civil rights bill
Saturday that would have prohibited discrimination against homosexuals,
minorities and disabled California residents looking for housing and
jobs.
	Wilson vetoed Assembly Speaker Willie Brown's far-reaching ``Civil
Rights Restoration Act of 1992'' one day after he signed a bill to
protect homosexuals from employment discrimination.
	Wilson said other laws already provide the same protection as that
required under Brown's bill.
	Gay rights and civil rights groups planned to march to the Los
Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community Services Center to rally in a
candlelight vigil to protest Wilson's veto.
	``It was the most far-reaching civil rights bill ever proposed in
California,'' said David M. Smith, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Community
Services Center spokesman.
	If Wilson would have signed the bill, it would have allowed ``an
opportunity to solidify the healing process,'' Smith said.
	Thousands of gay rights activists staged massive protests last year
after Wilson vetoed a bill that would have barred job discrimination
against homosexuals.
	Gay rights activists said they were pleased by Wilson's decision
Friday to sign AB 2601, which prohibits discrimination and offers civil
remedies for victims.
	But Wilson's veto of the civil rights bill came as no surprise to gay
rights officials.
	California Civil Rights Conference, a coalition of about 40
organizations representing homosexuals, minorities and the disabled that
supported the bill, vowed to continue their efforts to push civil rights
bills through the state legislature.
	The group is planning a huge rally on the steps of the state's
capitol in October to protest Wilson's decision, Vegas said.
	``This represented the best bills, the best ideas,'' said Eric Vega,
California Civil Rights Conference acting chair. ``It was supported by a
wide variety of individuals...But we'll be back.''