BILL NUMBER:  SB 1365
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2014




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1365 without my signature.

This bill would apply the rules governing at-large elections in the
California Voting Rights Act to challenges related to district-based
elections.

While there is progress to be made, the federal Voting Rights Act and
the California Voting Rights Act already provide important
safeguards to ensure that the voting strength of minority communities
is not diluted.

Senator Padilla has been a champion of election reform.  I look
forward to working with him to ensure that voting rights are
jealously protected.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.