BILL ANALYSIS Ó
Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations
William W. Monning, Chair
Date of Hearing: June 26, 2013 2013-2014 Regular
Session
Consultant: Martha Gutierrez Fiscal:No
Urgency: No
Bill No: AB 1315
Author: Speaker John A. Perez
As Introduced/Amended: February 22, 2013
SUBJECT
California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: Green Collar Jobs
Council
KEY ISSUE
Should the Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro Tempore
of the Senate be added as members of the California Workforce
Investment Board (CWIB) and the Green Collar Jobs Council?
ANALYSIS
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Investment
Board (CWIB), its membership which is appointed by the Governor,
and outlines its responsibilities for assisting the Governor in
all functions of the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998
for the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of
California's workforce investment system, as also described by
the Workforce Training Act of 2008. (Unemployment Insurance Code
§§ 14010 and 14012)
Existing law requires the CWIB to establish a special committee
known as the Green Collar Jobs Council to develop a strategic
initiative in the green workforce development area.
(Unemployment Insurance Code § 15002)
Existing law specifies that the GCJC shall develop the
framework, funding strategies, programs, partnerships, and
opportunities necessary to address the growing need for a highly
skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the state's growing
green economy. (Unemployment Insurance Code § 15002)
Existing law authorizes the CWIB to accept any revenues, monies,
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. Existing law also authorizes the
Employment Development Department (EDD), upon appropriation by
the Legislature, to expend those monies and revenues for
purposes of the strategic initiative and the award of grants.
(Unemployment Insurance Code § 15002)
Existing law requires an annual report from the CWIB to the
Legislature on the status of the GCJC activities, grants awarded
and its development of an initiative. (Unemployment Insurance
Code § 15003)
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 (CWIB) and the Green Collar Jobs
Council (GCJC).
COMMENTS
1. Need for this bill?
According to the author the California Labor & Workforce
Development Agency recently determined that even though the
Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate could be appointed to the CWIB by the Governor they
could not participate or have representation on the GCJC
unless they were official members of the CWIB. The author
points out that the GCJC was established and its duties
outlined by legislation authored by two former Assembly
Speakers.
According to California's Green Workforce Master Plan from
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2011, a guide for the GCJC, green economic growth is currently
being driven by three factors; state and federal policy,
technological advancements, and market demand. California's
expanding green economy is attracting business investment,
creating jobs and producing a more sustainable and
energyindependent future. Driving this new wave of innovation
are the most ambitious environmental policies in the nation,
business decisions that recognize sustainability as a way to
improve the bottom line and generate return on investment, and
the strong desire voiced by Californians that their state lead
the way reducing greenhouse gas emissions. As a global leader
in these three areas California is uniquely poised to
capitalize on green innovation. By adding the Speaker and the
Senate Pro Tempore as members of the board and council, they
would be poised to take legislative action necessary to
maintain and expand our state's leadership role in green
economic industries.
2. Proponent Arguments :
Proponents state that adding the Speaker and Pro Tempore to
the California Workforce Investment Board and Green Collar
Jobs Council will ensure that there is adequate representation
which will help assist in the mission of the GCJC which is to
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. As members of the board and council,
they would be poised to take legislative action necessary to
maintain and expand our state's leadership role in green
economic industries.
3. Opponent Arguments :
Received no opposition.
4. Prior Legislation :
AB 2696 (Bass) Chapter 396, Statutes of 2010 authorized the
CWIB to accept any revenues, monies, grants, goods, or
services from federal and state entities, philanthropic
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organizations, and other sources, to be used for purposes
relating to the administration and implementation of the
strategic initiative. Authorizes the EDD, upon appropriation
by the Legislature, to expend those monies and revenues for
purposes of the strategic initiative and the award of grants,
among other things. The bill requires the CWIB annually to
report to the Legislature on the status of GCJC activities
AB 3018 (Nunez) Chapter 312, Statutes of 2008, established the
GCJC within the CWIB. AB 3018 specified that the GCJC is
comprised of the appropriate representatives from the CWIB's
existing membership, including the K-12 representative, the
California Community Colleges representative, the Business,
Transportation and Housing Agency representative, the
Employment Development Department (EDD) representative, and
other appropriate members.
AB 3018 also required the GCJC to develop a strategic
initiative to identify and develop 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.
SUPPORT
California Federation of Teachers
OPPOSITION
None received.
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