Though similar laws exist in a handful of cities, including San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles, California became the first state in the nation to take such a stand. <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kr/20031014/lo_krsanjose/lawhitstimberindustryIn">http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kr/20031014/lo_krsanjose/lawhitstimberindustryIn</a> one of the most significant changes to California's timber regulations in 30 years, Gov. Gray Davis has signed a measure to allow stat