BILL NUMBER:  SB 86
  VETOED	DATE: 10/11/2009




To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am returning Senate Bill 86 without my signature.
This bill would limit the ability of the University of California
(UC) and the California State University (CSU) to continue to provide
a high level of quality education that our students deserve when
they choose to attend California public universities.  A blanket
prohibition limiting the flexibility for the UC and CSU to compete,
both nationally and internationally, in attracting and retaining high
level personnel does a disservice to those students seeking the kind
of quality education that our higher education segments offer.  The
Regents and the Trustees should be prudent in managing their systems,
given the difficult fiscal crisis we face as a state, but it is
unnecessary for the State to micromanage their operations.
Finally, this measure is flawed by failing to adequately specify what
appropriations would be considered in triggering its provisions.  It
is possible that capital outlay appropriations and lease purchase
debt appropriations, which have little to do with discretionary
instructional program expenditures, could vary considerably from year
to year, thereby making the appropriations test specified in this
bill ambiguous and subject to legal interpretation.
For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.
Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger