BILL NUMBER:  SB 655
  VETOED	DATE: 10/10/2013




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 655 without my signature.

This measure is in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in
Harris v. City of Santa Monica (2013) 56 Cal.4th 203, related to
workplace discrimination.

I think Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu got it right in his
well-reasoned opinion in that case and I see no reason for further
legislative intervention.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.