BILL NUMBER:  SB 554
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2016




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 554 without my signature.

A number of efforts are underway to determine the levee protection
needs in the Delta.¦ The Delta Stewardship Council is currently in
the middle of identifying state priorities for levee investments in
the Delta, and the Department of Water Resources has been working
with the Delta Protection Commission evaluating new financing
mechanisms.¦

The existing 75 percent state cost share does not sunset until July
2018, and as such, consideration of this bill is premature.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.