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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1315
Author: John A. Pérez (D)
Amended: 7/1/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 4-0, 6/26/13
AYES: Monning, Wyland, Leno, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Padilla
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 5/16/13 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : California Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008: Green
Collar Jobs
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill (1) adds the Speaker of the Assembly and
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate as members of the Green
Collar Jobs Council (GCJC); (2) authorizes the GCJC membership
to include representatives from other state agencies, higher
education, local workforce investment boards, industry
representatives, philanthropic, nongovernmental, and
environmental groups; as appropriate; (3) eliminates the GCJC's
requirement to develop a strategic initiative and instead
requires the GCJC to develop, and annually update, a common
framework consisting of specified elements to address workforce
needs arising from changes in the energy, building and
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construction, transportation, and other industries impacted by
state policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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.
Existing law requires the CWIB to establish a special committee
known as the GCJC to develop a strategic initiative in the green
workforce development area.
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.
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.
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.
This bill:
1. Adds the Speaker of the Assembly and the President Pro
Tempore of the Senate as members of the GCJC.
2. Authorizes the GCJC membership to include representatives
from other state agencies, higher education, local workforce
investment boards, industry representatives, and
philanthropic, nongovernmental, and environmental groups.
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3. Eliminates the GCJC's requirement to develop a strategic
initiative and instead requires the GCJC to develop, and
annually update, a common framework consisting of specified
elements to address workforce needs arising from changes in
the energy, building and construction, transportation, and
other industries impacted by state policies to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
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 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 EDD
representative, and other appropriate members.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No Local:
No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 5/16/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Roger Hernández, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue,
Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Ting, Torres, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
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Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Allen, Buchanan, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Grove,
Holden, Melendez, Morrell, Stone, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/13/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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