BILL NUMBER:  AB 508
  VETOED	DATE: 10/14/2007




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

While I strongly support efforts to help people recover from drug
addiction, I am returning Assembly Bill 508 without my signature.

The current requirement for drug-related felons to participate in a
drug treatment program, or provide evidence that drug usage has
ceased, remains a viable intervention prior to eligibility in the
Food Stamp Program.  Such an intervention increases the opportunities
for successful recovery from drug addiction and provides for more
individual responsibility and accountability of individuals being
released from incarceration for a drug-related felony conviction.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,


Arnold Schwarzenegger