BILL NUMBER:  AB 1439
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1439 without my signature.

This measure would require the Director of the Office of Gang and
Youth Violence Policy, subject to statutory limits and directives, to
make recommendations to streamline existing state agency gang and
youth violence grant programs, to create a working group to assist in
this effort, and to develop a final report on their findings to be
submitted to the Legislature on or before June 1, 2010.  While I am
supportive of anti-gang initiatives and programs, this measure would
increase costs associated with the additional workload for the Office
of Gang and Youth Violence Policy at a time when the state can least
afford to do so.

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

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger