BILL NUMBER:  AB 1586
  VETOED	DATE: 09/17/2014




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1586 without my signature.

This bill requires state contractors, when hiring for specified
positions, to consider all qualified applicants who are receiving
unemployment benefits, who have exhausted unemployment benefits, or
who live in a targeted employment area.

As currently drafted, this bill lacks clarity as to what exactly
employers must do to be in compliance, making it very difficult to
enforce. Additionally, the bill revives the targeted employment areas
created under the Enterprise Zone Act, which was repealed last year,
and does not effectively integrate the job posting and notification
capability of the CalJOBS website managed by the Employment
Development Department.

Therefore, I am directing my Employment Development Department to
work with the author on a bill that addresses these issues for
consideration next year.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.