BILL NUMBER:  SB 448
  VETOED	DATE: 09/07/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 448 without my signature.

I find this bill provocative, but ultimately unpersuasive.

If it is acceptable to force paid signature gatherers to place
identifying badges on their chests, will similar requirements soon be
placed on paid campaign workers?

I choose not to go down this slippery slope where the state decides
what citizens must wear when petitioning their government.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.