BILL NUMBER:  SB 334
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2015




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 334 without my signature.

This bill requires a school district that has a drinking water source
that does not meet the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking
water standards to provide alternative drinking water to their
students.

I agree that all California students should have access to safe
drinking water but this bill creates a state mandate of uncertain but
possibly very large magnitude.

As our first order of business, local schools should understand the
nature of their water quality problem, if there is one.  Accordingly,
I am directing the State Water Resources Control Board to work with
school districts and local public water systems to incorporate water
quality testing in schools as part of their lead and copper rule.
School districts should utilize this information to ensure all
students are provided safe water.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.