BILL NUMBER:  SB 1078
  VETOED	DATE: 09/25/2016




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1078 without my signature.

This bill prohibits an arbitrator from accepting an offer of
employment in a future case involving a party or lawyer in a pending
arbitration, without prior written consent. The bill also adds
prohibitions and disclosure requirements relating to certain
solicitations made by private arbitration companies.

Arbitrators in California are already subject to stringent disclosure
requirements under existing state law and Judicial Council
standards. I am reluctant to add additional disclosure rules and
further prohibitions without evidence of a problem. Further, the
existing Judicial Council procedure for amending arbitrator ethics
standards is a deliberative and public process that can more
appropriately consider additional requirements.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.