BILL ANALYSIS Ó SCR 19 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 15, 2013 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES Nancy Skinner, Chair SCR 19 (Evans) - As Introduced: March 4, 2013 SENATE VOTE : 30-1 SUBJECT : The United Way. SUMMARY : Honors the 125th anniversary of the founding of the United Way. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)In 2012, the United Way celebrated the 125th anniversary of its founding; and, today the United Way which was founded in Denver in 1887 is now the largest privately funded, nonprofit corporation in the nation and the world with more than 1,800 United Ways in 41 countries and territories. 2)The United Way builds on community strengths and assets, helps individuals and groups with specific community interests, finds ways for them to contribute their time and talents, supports direct-service programs and community-change efforts, and advocates public policy changes; and, millions of corporations and businesses partner with the United Way to address these community needs. 3)California's independent, local United Ways created United Ways of California to work together to advance their mutual goals of improving health, education, and financial results of low-income children and families by enhancing and coordinating their advocacy and community impact work and together have raised more than $200 million per year in charitable gifts to achieve these goals. 4)Individually and together, California's United Ways build a stronger California by mobilizing our public, private, and nonprofit sectors through research, civic engagement, public policy advocacy, and results-based funding. FISCAL EFFECT : None REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION : SCR 19 Page 2 Support None on file Opposition None on file Analysis Prepared by : Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800