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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 58
Author: Beth Gaines (R), et al.
Amended: 8/12/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 8/12/13
SUBJECT : California Business Womens Day
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates September 22, 2013, and
September 22, 2014, as California Business Womens Day and
encourages Californians to celebrate the occasion with
appropriate activities.
ANALYSIS : 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
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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 elp themselves and others
grow personally and professionally through leadership,
education, networking support and national recognition."
This resolution designates September 22, 2013, and September 22,
2014, as "California Business Women's Day" and encourages
Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate
activities.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
MW:k 8/20/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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