BILL NUMBER:  AB 1116
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2011




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1116 without my signature.

This bill would require the California Emergency Management Agency
(Cal EMA) to consider multiple languages and needs of populations who
have limited English language proficiency during emergency
preparedness planning, response, and recovery.

This bill is unnecessary.  Cal EMA already considers the needs of
limited English proficiency populations when revising and preparing
emergency preparedness materials.  Moreover, I will direct Cal EMA to
review local plans to account for populations that do not speak
English when alerts for evacuation are issued or when emergency
medical care is required at shelters.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.