BILL NUMBER:  SB 1160
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2012




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1160 without my signature.

This bill would require local law enforcement to make certain
findings and determinations within six hours of interruption of
communication service in barricade, hostage and emergency
circumstances.  While I applaud the author's efforts to authorize
interruption of service only in the most extreme cases, the extent of
the findings in the bill that must be made by officers engaged in
conflict could divert attention away from resolving the conflict
without further threat to public safety.

I encourage the author and law enforcement agencies to engage in
discussion in the upcoming legislative session and send me a bill
that balances protection of speech with the ability of law
enforcement to utilize this tool in the protection of public health
and safety.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.