BILL NUMBER:  AB 1559
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1559 without my signature.

This bill requires the California Workforce Investment Board, in
collaboration with local workforce investment boards, to establish a
California Youth at Work Program, for the purpose of providing summer
job training and work experience opportunities for youth in the
state.  While I support such an effort, this bill is unnecessary and
could prove burdensome if it conflicts with the summer youth work
programs the local workforce development boards are already in the
process of developing.  The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
provided funding specifically for a summer youth work program, which
has already been distributed to the locals, and established specific
criteria for the program.  To the extent that this bill imposes
additional requirements on the local workforce investment boards, it
could hamper, rather than aid, in the development of effective
programs.

For this reason, I am returning this bill without my signature.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger