BILL NUMBER:  SB 1066
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1066 without my signature.

This bill would require the California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation?(CDCR) to conduct monthly random searches for
contraband of staff and vendors entering each State prison.  This
bill requires the CDCR to provide advance notice to the Office of the
Inspector General (OIG) of these random searches and requires the
Inspector General to oversee at least 11 searches per year. In
addition, SB 1066 requires the CDCR to submit a quarterly report to
the OIG detailing the results of these searches, as specified.

This measure is unnecessary as California law already authorizes CDCR
to search staff and vendors and provides the necessary flexibility
needed to conduct its operations within existing budget constraints.
SB 1066 removes this flexibility and instead codifies a cumbersome,
bureaucratic process that will impede the Department's current and
future efforts.  Moreover, I cannot approve a measure that will
mandate such searches while the Legislature fails to approve laws to
give the proper tools to law enforcement to prosecute individuals
when contraband such as wireless communications devices are found.

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

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger