BILL NUMBER:  AB 472
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 472 without my signature.

This bill authorizes the California Emergency Management Agency to
require any state agency that publishes an Internet website to
prominently display a text or graphical link to an earthquake
preparedness website.  This measure is unnecessary.  Earthquake
preparedness information is readily available on the websites of the
California Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, and the United States Geological Survey and is
easily discovered by anyone searching it out.  However, to ensure
optimal availability of disaster preparedness information, I am
instructing other agencies that respond to disasters to post links to
the California Emergency Management Agency website.

For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.


Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger