BILL NUMBER:  AB 2593
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2014




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2593 without my signature.

This bill would require a business enterprise with gross annual
revenue exceeding $25 million, participating in a program
administered by the Air Resources Board that is funded from the
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, to report annually to the Air Board
regarding supplier diversity procurement.

Without question, I support the general goal, but this bill
establishes a burdensome and expensive requirement for businesses
with no clear way to ensure that supplier diversity would actually
increase.  Furthermore, State agencies are already taking action to
report on diversity procurement and currently report to both the
State and Federal governments on supplier diversity procurement
contracts.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.