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SB 914, written in response to the California Supreme Court decision in People v. Diaz, upheld basic constitutional principles. It just maintained Fourth Amendment protection to the contents of cell phones, requiring officers to show a judge there is probable cause that the phone has evidence of a crime before it is searched incident to arrest.
Another sad but expected blow to the fourth amendment. Thankfully that here in NY the state still needs a warrant to search a cell phone....for the time being.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/governor-brown-vetoes-warrant-protection-cell-phones