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.