BILL NUMBER:  AB 1334
  VETOED	DATE: 10/14/2007




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1334 without my signature.

This bill would enact the Inmate and Community Public Health and
Safety Act, which would allow any nonprofit or health care agency to
distribute sexual barrier protection devices to inmates in state
prisons.

As stated in my veto of AB 1677 last year, the provisions of this
bill conflict with Penal Code Sections 286 (e) and 288 (e), which
make sexual activity in prison unlawful.  However, condom
distribution in prisons is not an unreasonable public policy and it
is consistent with the need to improve our prison healthcare system
and overall public health.

Local jail systems in both Los Angeles and San Francisco have already
implemented condom distribution programs.  Therefore, I am directing
the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to
determine the risk and viability of such a program by identifying one
state prison facility for the purpose of allowing non-profit and
health agencies to distribute sexual barrier devices.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger