BILL NUMBER:  AB 2832
  VETOED	DATE: 09/18/2004




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2832 without my signature.

This bill would raise Californias minimum wage to a level that would
be the highest in the nation. According to the Employment Development
Department, this will increase the costs to California employers by
at least $3 billion, and as much as $4.4 billion.

In recent years, the high cost of doing business in California has
driven away jobs, businesses, and opportunity. We have launched
Californias recovery by making our state a more attractive place to
do business, so that employers will stay in our state, expand in our
state, and create more jobs here.

Now is not the time to create barriers to our economic recovery or
reverse the momentum we have generated. I want to create more jobs
and make every California job more secure.

For these reasons, I am unable to support this measure.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger