BILL NUMBER:  AB 1610
  VETOED	DATE: 10/19/2010




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am signing AB 1610 with the following objections.

I am deleting specific appropriations for the California community
colleges contained in subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 31 of this
bill.

I am deleting the appropriation in subdivision (d) of Section 31 of
this bill, which provides $25,000,000 Proposition 98 General Fund for
the community college Economic Development and Workforce Development
Program.  While I support economic development activities, this
reduction is necessary to limit program expansion, to bring ongoing
expenditures in line with existing resources, and to help maintain a
prudent reserve.  With this reduction, the Budget Act of 2010 still
provides the Economic Development categorical program with $22.9
million for workforce training and development efforts.

I am deleting the appropriation in subdivision (e) of Section 31 of
this bill, which provides $35,000,000 Proposition 98 General Fund for
various community college categorical programs.  This appropriation
is intended to backfill various categorical programs that received
one-time State Fiscal Stabilization Funds in 2009-10.   This federal
funding was intended to soften the transition to reduced funding
levels that are necessary to bring ongoing expenditures in line with
existing resources.  Restoring this funding would be
counterproductive to the tremendous effort that has been invested to
align ongoing expenditures with expected revenues.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger