BILL NUMBER: AB 888 VETOED DATE: 10/09/2013 To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 888 without my signature. This bill allows the State Bar to bring a civil action for the unlawful practice of law. We already have adequate enforcement mechanisms and remedies to stop the unlicensed practice of law through the existing powers of the State Bar or through the authority of the Attorney General and local prosecutors to bring civil and criminal actions. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.