BILL NUMBER:  SB 170
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2014




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 170 without my signature.

The bill would allow the Bale Grist Mill to sell grain products
without meeting state food and grain safety requirements, and exempts
the grist mill from having to register as a food processor provided
that "best management practices" suitable to a historic water-driven
grist mill are used and its products meet federal food purity
standards.

Exempting these products by January 1, 2016, is premature, as no best
management practices yet exist for historic water-driven grist
mills. I will direct the Department of Public Health and the
Department of Parks and Recreation to continue working with
proponents on this and other potential solutions to help raise needed
revenues.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.