Kanye West Avoids Felony Charges, Has Surgery Bill Vetoed.

Los Angeles City Attorney Spokesman Frank Mateljan says that next week the district attorney's office will decide whether or not to charge Kanye West with a misdemeanor for his brief skirmish with a paparazzi photographer earlier this month. West and his road manager Don "Don C" Crawley were arrested Sept. 11 [click to read], after engaging in a confrontation with a TMZ.com videographer and a still photographer from a paparazzi agency. Both West and Crawley were released later that day, after each posted $20,000 bail.

In other legal news involving West, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the bill which was partially enacted after the death of West's mother, Dr. Donda West [click to read]. In August, Senator Mark Ridley-Thomas (D-Los Angeles, 26th District) told the Los Angeles Times the bill was drafted [click to read] in response to the death of West and other cosmetic surgery patients.

The cosmetic surgery bill AB 2968, which was written by Assemblywoman Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto), would have required patients undergoing plastic surgery to first undergo a physical examination, give a complete medical history and get a doctor's clearance. Governor Schwarzenegger cited the historic backlog caused by California's 85-day delay in passing a new state budget as the primary reason for vetoing the bill.