Amended in Assembly June 30, 2016

Amended in Assembly June 10, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 193

Introduced by Assembly Members Calderon and Low

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Travis Allen, Bloom, Burke, Chang, Chu, Dababneh, Gordon, Irwin, Medina, Mullin, Quirk, begin delete and Wilk end delete begin insert Wilk, Achadjian, Alejo, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, and Williams end insert )

(Coauthor: Senator Wieckowski)

May 31, 2016

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 193—Relative to technology and innovation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 193, as amended, Calderon. California Technology and Innovation Month.

This measure will proclaim the month of June as California Technology and Innovation Month, a special time for Californians to celebrate this ever-growing industry that is changing the way we view communication, health care, transportation, energy, travel, and business.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, Technology, innovation, and the entrepreneurial
spirit are woven into our identity as Americans. We are the pioneers
that always look beyond to the next frontier. From sending a man
to the moon, to leading the Internet revolution, and to developing
cutting-edge technology, the world has always looked to America
to lead into the future and, time and again, we have delivered that
and much more; and

WHEREAS, American-born advancements have shaped every
aspect of our modern world. Our smartphones, which evolve daily,
have enabled instant global communication and a more robust
exchange of ideas and knowledge. Our children and grandchildren
have the chance for longer and healthier lives because of
breakthroughs in medical technologies and drug treatments.
Cutting-edge processes have turned the United States into a leader
in energy production, while better data and advanced weather
warning systems hold the promise of saving lives from natural
disasters; and

WHEREAS, The next great medicine, energy source, or
communication platform is waiting to be discovered by the people
of California. Our greatest asset, and the biggest driver of
California innovation, is California’s people, and we need laws
that support and enable the people of California; and

WHEREAS, California is home to a thriving world-class region
that is home to high-tech corporations and thousands of innovative
startup companies. These California-based corporations have given
us amazing technological advances, such as the iPhone and
semiconductors, and have changed how we utilize the Internet;
and

WHEREAS, Innovation and technology are essential to
achieving and maintaining economic prosperity in this increasingly
competitive world, and our place as the most innovative and
technology advanced nation on Earth cannot be taken for granted.
We must stay focused on promoting growth and expanding
opportunities for the next great idea; and

WHEREAS, California leads the nation with nearly 1.1 million
tech industry jobs. For each job created in the tech sector,
approximately 4.3 jobs are created in other local goods and services
sectors across all income groups, including lawyers, dentists,
schoolteachers, cooks, and retail clerks, among many others. There
are an estimated 46,000 information and communication
technology (ICT) industry-related businesses in California. ICT
industry-related businesses produce $172 billion in revenue. These
businesses employ more than one million Californians and pay
out close to $76 billion in wages annually; and

WHEREAS, Communities throughout California will
commemorate the month of June as California Technology and
Innovation Month, a month celebrating the innovation industry
and the entrepreneurial spirit; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That in recognition of the innovation and
technology economy, the month of June shall be proclaimed
California Technology and Innovation Month, a special time for
Californians to celebrate this ever-growing industry that is changing
the way we view communication, health care, transportation,
energy, travel, business, and much more; and be it further

Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.