BILL NUMBER:  AB 725
  VETOED	DATE: 09/27/2008




To Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 725 without my signature.

This bill is unnecessary and impractical for the Department of
Housing and Community Development to implement.  Providers of rental
housing are free to develop a uniform rental housing application on
their own should they find such an application helpful for their
housing developments or for their prospective tenants.  Also, since
housing providers would be able to request additional information on
this application, it in effect would not truly be a universal
application.

Additionally, this bill would require state agencies, when awarding
housing funding or tax credits, to assign bonus points to applicants
using the universal rental application.  This provision places the
use of a specific rental application on the same priority level as
other high level programmatic priorities such as housing
affordability, project readiness, and funding commitments.  This is
not an appropriate way to disperse scarce housing bond funds.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger