BILL NUMBER:  AB 559
  VETOED	DATE: 09/26/2011




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

This measure would reverse a California Supreme Court decision
allowing judges, in cases filed under the Fair Employment and Housing
Act, to deny the recovery of lawyer fees to parties who fail to use
established procedures that reduce litigation costs.

In this case, I think the Supreme Court got it right.  Judges are in
the best position to decide whether to award or deny fees in these
instances.

I am returning Assembly Bill 559 without my signature.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.