BILL NUMBER:  SB 356
  VETOED	DATE: 10/04/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning SB 356 without my signature.

This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreations
(Parks) to notify a county or city that intends to fully close a park
in its jurisdiction and give the locality the option of voluntarily
assuming responsibility for the park.

This bill is unnecessary.  Parks has already made its list of
closures available to the public and a separate notification process
for cities and counties would be duplicative.  Moreover, Parks
already has signed agreements with localities willing to operate
state parks and intends to sign more.

The bill also would reappropriate expired funds for the California
State Railroad Museum Boiler Shop restoration project. I will address
this in the budget.


Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.