BILL NUMBER:  AB 1708
  VETOED	DATE: 09/27/2016




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 1708 without my signature.

This bill separates the crime of prostitution into three distinct
offenses, increases monetary penalties and requires mandatory jail
time for solicitation.

I signed SB 420 (Huff), which creates the same distinctions between
acts of prostitution as this bill seeks to do. However, this bill
goes further by adding a minimum period of confinement in county jail
for solicitation. I believe that existing law provides sufficient
flexibility in punishing these crimes appropriately based on
circumstance.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.