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.