BILL NUMBER: AB 756 VETOED DATE: 10/12/2009 To the Members of the California State Assembly: I am returning Assembly Bill 756 without my signature. While I am supportive of greater transparency in government, this legislation would be duplicative of current reporting practices and increases workload and costs to departments at a time when the state continues to experience a significant budget shortfall. My Administration is currently implementing many of the provisions of this legislation within the existing appropriation of the Department of General Services to increase transparency. For this reason I am unable to sign this bill. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger