BILL NUMBER: SB 1094 VETOED DATE: 09/29/2016 To the Members of the California State Senate: I am returning Senate Bill 1094 without my signature. This bill requires that at least five percent of the signatures collected on state initiative petitions be obtained by volunteer circulators. This bill is virtually identical to AB 857, which I vetoed in 2013. Lowering the percentage from 10 percent to 5 percent does not change my view that this measure will not keep out special interests or favor volunteer signature gathering. Sincerely, Edmund G. Brown Jr.