California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1315

Introduced by Assembly Member John A. Pérez

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Sections 14012 and 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to job training.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1315, as introduced, John A. Pérez. California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: Green Collar Jobs Council.

Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment Board and determines the qualifications for its membership. Existing law requires the board to establish a committee known as the Green Collar Jobs Council, comprised of specified members. Existing law requires the council to perform certain functions and duties, including the development of a strategic initiative, relating to the training and development of a skilled workforce to meet the needs of California’s emerging green economy.

This bill would add the Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as members of the California Workforce Investment Board and the Green Collar Jobs Council.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 14012 of the Unemployment Insurance
Code is amended to read:

14012.  

The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist
in the development of the State Workforce Investment Plan and
to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103. The
board shall be comprised of the Governor and representatives from
the following categories:

(a)  begin delete Two end delete begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate. end insert

begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Two end insert begin insert end insert members of each house of the Legislature, appointed
by the appropriate presiding officer of each house.

(b) A majority of board members shall be representatives of
business who:

(1) Are owners of small and large businesses, chief executives
or operating officers of small and large businesses, and other small
and large business executives or employers with optimum
policymaking or hiring authority, including members of local
workforce investment boards.

(2) Represent businesses with employment opportunities that
reflect the employment opportunities of the state.

(3) Are appointed from a group of individuals nominated by
state business organizations and business trade associations.

(c) Chief elected officials representing both cities and counties,
where appropriate.

(d) Representatives of labor organizations that are appointed to
the board by the Governor shall have been nominated by state
labor federations. At least 15 percent of board members shall be
representatives of labor organizations.

(e) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience with regard to youth activities.

(f) Representatives of individuals and organizations that have
experience and expertise in the delivery of workforce investment
activities, including the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, representatives of school districts, and representatives
of community-based organizations within the state.

(g) The lead state agency officials with responsibility for the
programs, services, or activities that are mandatory participants in
the one-stop system, or, where there are no lead state agency
officials responsible for those programs, services, or activities, a
representative with expertise relating to those programs, services,
or activities.

(h) Any other representatives and state agency officials as the
Governor may designate, such as the state agency officials
responsible for economic development and juvenile justice
programs in the state.

(i) Members of the board that represent organizations, agencies,
or other entities shall be individuals with optimum policymaking
authority within those organizations, agencies, or entities.

(j) In making appointments to the board, the Governor shall
consider the ethnic, race, gender, and geographic distribution of
the state’s population, and members of the board shall represent
diverse regions of the state, including urban, rural, and suburban
areas.

(k) The Governor may appoint a single member to the board to
represent multiple constituencies on the board.

(l) The Governor shall select a chairperson for the board from
the business representatives.

SEC. 2.  

Section 15002 of the Unemployment Insurance Code
is amended to read:

15002.  

(a) The California Workforce Investment Board
(CWIB) shall establish a special committee known as the Green
Collar Jobs Council (GCJC), comprised of the appropriate
representatives from the CWIB existing membership, including
the K-12 representative, the California Community Colleges
representative, the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency
representative, the Employment Development Department
representative, begin insert the Speaker of the Assembly or his or her designated
representative, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate or his or
her designated representative, end insert and other appropriate members.
The GCJC may consult with other state agencies, other higher
education representatives, local workforce investment boards, and
industry representatives as well as philanthropic, nongovernmental,
and environmental groups, as appropriate, in the development of
a strategic initiative. To the extent private funds are available, begin insert it end insert
is the intent of the Legislature that the GCJC will develop an annual
award for outstanding achievement for workforce training programs
operated by local or state agencies, businesses, or nongovernment
organizations to be named after Parrish R. Collins.

(b) As part of the strategic initiative, the GCJC shall focus on
developing the framework, funding, strategies, programs, policies,
partnerships, and opportunities necessary to address the growing
need for a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the
needs of California’s emerging green economy. The GCJC shall
do all of the following:

(1) Assist in identifying and linking green collar job
opportunities with workforce development training opportunities
in local workforce investment areas (LWIAs), encouraging regional
collaboration among LWIAs to meet regional economic demands.

(2) Align workforce development activities with regional
economic recovery and growth strategies.

(3) Develop public, private, philanthropic, and nongovernmental
partnerships to build and expand the state’s workforce development
programs, network, and infrastructure.

(4) Provide policy guidance for job training programs for the
clean and green technology sectors to help them prepare specific
populations, such as at-risk youth, displaced workers, veterans,
formerly incarcerated individuals, and others facing barriers to
employment.

(5) Develop, collect, analyze, and distribute statewide and
regional labor market data on California’s new and emerging green
industries workforce needs, trends, and job growth.

(6) Collaborate with community colleges and other educational
institutions, registered apprenticeship programs, business and labor
organizations, and community-based and philanthropic
organizations to align workforce development services with
strategies for regional economic growth.

(7) Identify funding resources and make recommendations on
how to expand and leverage these funds.

(8) Foster regional collaboratives in the green economic sector.

(c) The CWIB may accept any revenues, moneys, grants, goods,
or services from federal and state entities, philanthropic
organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes relating
to the administration and implementation of the strategic initiative,
as described in subdivision (b). The CWIB shall also ensure the
highest level of transparency and accountability and make
information available on the CWIB Internet Web site.

(d) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department may
expend the moneys and revenues received pursuant to subdivision
(c) for purposes related to the administration and implementation
of the strategic initiative, and for the award of workforce training
grants implementing the strategic initiative.