BILL NUMBER: AB 85 VETOED DATE: 09/28/2015 To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 85 without my signature. This bill expands the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act to include state advisory bodies, regardless of their size. My thinking on this matter has not changed from last year when I vetoed a similar measure, AB 2058. I believe strongly in transparency and openness but the more informal deliberation of advisory bodies is best left to current law. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.