BILL NUMBER:  AB 182
  VETOED	DATE: 10/10/2015




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 182 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.

I vetoed a similar bill last year, SB 1365 (Padilla), and my views
have not changed.  I believe the federal Voting Rights Act and the
California Voting Rights Act provide important and sufficient
safeguards to ensure that the electoral strength of minority voters
is protected.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.