Amended in Assembly August 12, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 58

Introduced by Assembly Member Beth Gaines

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)

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May 2, 2013

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 58—Relative to women in business.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 58, as amended, Beth Gaines. California Business Women’s Day.

This measure would designate September 22, 2013, and September 22, 2014, as “California Business Women’s Day” and would encourage all Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate activities.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, There are approximately 1 million women-owned
businesses in California and women-owned businesses constitute
48.6 percent of all privately held businesses in California; and

WHEREAS, Women-owned businesses in California employ
approximately 2.9 million people and generate approximately $406
billion in revenue; and

WHEREAS, In 2012, among the 50 states and Washington,
D.C., California ranked first in the number of privately held,
women-owned businesses. Women-owned businesses have grown
by 51 percent in California with a 56-percent increase in revenue
for women-owned businesses and a 4-percent increase in
employment; and

WHEREAS, California has 12 Fortune 100 companies, all of
which have at least one woman director, and 75 percent of which
have two or more women directors; and

WHEREAS, California ranks first in the nation with the greatest
number of Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander women-owned
businesses and fourth for the greatest number of African American
women-owned businesses; and

WHEREAS, Minority women-owned businesses comprise 35
percent of all women-owned businesses in California, making
California the third leading state where minority women-owned
businesses comprise the greatest share of all women-owned
businesses; and

WHEREAS, September 22 marks the founding date in 1949 of
the American Business Women’s Association, the mission of which
is “to bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and
to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others
grow personally and professionally through leadership, education,
networking support and national recognition”; now, therefore, be
it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That September 22, 2013, and September 22,
2014, shall be designated as “California Business Women’s Day”
and all Californians are encouraged to celebrate the occasion with
appropriate activities; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly provide copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.