BILL NUMBER: ACR 153	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Burke

                        MARCH 9, 2016

   Relative to the California Council on Science and Technology.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 153, as introduced, Burke. California Council on Science and
Technology.
   This measure would request the California Council on Science and
Technology to establish an executive fellowship program to embed
scientists within California's leading clean technologies.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, California's output of goods and services ranks it as the
eighth greatest economic power in the world; and
   WHEREAS, California's preeminence in science and technology was
the basis for the development of the aerospace, microelectronics, and
other advanced technologies in this state; and
   WHEREAS, California state policies to adopt clean technology and
reduce greenhouse gas emissions were the basis for the development of
wind, solar, geothermal, bioenergy, energy storage, and other clean
technologies in this state; and
   WHEREAS, California owes its preeminence to its excellent
educational system, including the University of California and
California State University systems, its superb independent
universities and colleges, and its extensive community college
system, which provides highly trained manpower for California's clean
technology industries; and
   WHEREAS, Such research provides education and training to
California's students and an opportunity for faculty to break new
ground solving energy and climate change problems; and
   WHEREAS, The University of California, together with others in the
state's academic community, maintains preeminent faculties of
capable and world-renowned scientists, engineers, and technological
experts; and
   WHEREAS, California is fortunate to have a group of major research
universities, the University of California, the University of
Southern California, the California Institute of Technology, and
Stanford University, each acknowledged to be world-class
institutions; and
   WHEREAS, In 1988, through Assembly Concurrent Resolution 162, the
Legislature requested the President of the University of California,
in collaboration with the presidents of other California-based
universities, to establish the California Council on Science and
Technology (CCST) to ensure the state's competitiveness in science
and technology; and
   WHEREAS, The CCST was directed to bring together experts from
academia, industry, and other research institutions in California to
provide impartial analyses on science and technological issues
affecting the State of California; and
   WHEREAS, These scientists and engineers have responded to requests
for analyses on significant and challenging science and technology
related issues in California, ranging from education to climate
change and exploring California's energy future; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature requests, within one year of
the effective date of this resolution, the California Council on
Science and Technology to establish an executive fellowship program
to embed scientists from diverse backgrounds directly within
California's leading clean technology industries; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Governor, the President of the University of
California, and the Regents of the University of California.