BILL NUMBER: AB 2121 VETOED DATE: 09/28/2016 To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 2121 without my signature. This bill requires alcohol servers, beginning July 1, 2020, to complete a training program intended to reduce excessive alcohol consumption among consumers and to repeat the program every three years thereafter. The goal of the program is to teach alcohol servers how to recognize who has consumed too much alcohol by using courses approved by the American National Standards Institute, a for-profit accrediting body. I would prefer to have the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control determine the steps needed to beef up our training programs where necessary. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.