BILL NUMBER:  SB 158
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2013




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 158 without my signature.

The bill seeks to give the Department of Developmental Services
permission to establish a voluntary program with no identified
funding to focus attention on autism spectrum disorders and
underserved communities.

Understanding the needs of disparate communities is a responsibility
and goal the department, regional centers, and the three University
Centers on Excellence in Developmental Disabilities all share. The
bill imparts no new authority, alters no mission, and provides no new
money to these efforts. As such, the work that the bill seeks to
promote is already underway, to the best extent of available
resources.

If new federal or private resources should become available, the
infrastructure and the will to do more are already there.


Sincerely,


Edmund G. Brown Jr.