BILL NUMBER:  AB 1451
  VETOED	DATE: 08/12/2015




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1451 without my signature.

This bill adds full-time lifeguards employed by the City of Oceanside
to the list of employees who are entitled up to one year of leave,
paid at full salary without payroll tax deductions, if they suffer an
illness or injury that arises out of their job duties.

Recent data indicates public employers' costs related to this
disability leave benefit have increased at an alarming rate. These
cost figures give me pause to extend this benefit further in state
law. If the City of Oceanside wishes to offer full salary in lieu of
temporary disability for one year to their regular full-time
lifeguards, they are free to do so by means of the collective
bargaining process. Eligibility for this benefit is best left to the
City of Oceanside, not the state, to determine.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.