BILL NUMBER:  SB 1789
  VETOED	DATE: 09/25/2000




SEP 25 2000

To Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 1789 without my signature.

This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community
Development, in consultation with the Department of Toxic Substances
Control, to prepare a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2002
that analyzes state and local regulatory, fiscal, and housing and
community development policies that may be obstacles to the cleanup
and redevelopment of urban properties contaminated by hazardous
wastes.

While I agree that the cleanup of brownfields sites is an important
issue, I believe this bill is unnecessary.  There are numerous
studies that have been completed which identify obstacles to the
remediation and redevelopment of urban properties contaminated by
hazardous wastes.  Another study on this subject would not yield any
new information.

Instead we need to move forward on the cleanup of these sites.  To
this end I have included $85 million in the FY 2000-01 Budget to
provide low-interest loans and grants for the investigation of
brownfield sites and low-interest loans for the cleanup of
brownfields. This funding will capitalize broad economic growth in
urban core neighborhoods by eliminating blighted properties that
inhibit redevelopment and will create both jobs and business
development while generating revenues that will enab le the public's
investment to pay for itself.

Sincerely,





GRAY DAVIS