BILL NUMBER: SB 599 VETOED DATE: 10/10/2015 To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 599 without my signature. This bill expands a local bid preference requirement to the state for public transit services. By simply expanding this local requirement to the state, this bill would significantly limit the state's current contracting authority to determine who would be eligible for the bid preference and how to calculate it if applied. I do not believe such a broad change is needed at this time. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.