BILL NUMBER:  AB 779
  VETOED	DATE: 09/24/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 779 without my signature.

This bill requires local agencies to post the names and total
compensation of elected officials on their websites.

Local agencies already provide extensive employee compensation
information, which includes the compensation for elected officials,
to the State Controller's Office. If an agency maintains a website,
it must post this information as well. There is no evidence that
existing disclosure requirements are insufficient. Further, this bill
exposes the General Fund to reimbursable mandate costs that it
cannot afford.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.