BILL NUMBER:  AB 172
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2011




To the Members of the California State Assembly:


I am returning Assembly Bill 172 without my signature.

This bill would require information about state contracts and audits
to be posted on a specific, new website.  Information about state
contracts can already be found at
www.dgs.ca.gov/pd/programs/eprocure, and I am issuing an Executive
Order to ensure that these contracts continue to be posted on this
site.  Audits conducted by the Bureau of State Audits can be found at
www.bsa.ca.gov.  Other audits are readily available as public
records.

While governmental transparency is laudable, there's no need for a
new law.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.