BILL ANALYSIS Ó
ACR 58
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 58 (Beth Gaines)
As Introduced May 2, 2013
Majority vote
RULES 11-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Wilk, Bigelow, |
| |Brown, Donnelly, |
| |Gonzalez, Hagman, |
| |Nazarian, V. Manuel |
| |Pérez, Quirk, Weber |
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SUMMARY : Designates September 22, 2013, and September 22, 2014,
as "California Business Women's Day" and, encourages
Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate
activities. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)There are approximately one million women-owned businesses in
California constituting 48.6% of all privately held business
in California; and, women-owned businesses in California
employ approximately 2.9 million people and generate
approximately $406 billion in revenue.
2)Minority women-owned businesses comprise 35% of all
women-owned businesses in California; and, 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.
3)September 22 marks the founding date in 1949 of the American
Business Women's Association (ABWA); and, ABWA's mission 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."
FISCAL EFFECT : None
ACR 58
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Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800
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