BILL ANALYSIS Ó ACR 196 Page 1 ASSEMBLY THIRD READING ACR 196 (Steinorth and Gipson) As Introduced June 15, 2016 Majority vote ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Rules |10-0 |Gordon, Chang, | | | | |Arambula, Cooley, | | | | |Gomez, Holden, Jones, | | | | |Quirk, Rodriguez, | | | | |Waldron | | | | | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY: Declares Friday, October 7, 2016, as California Manufacturing Day. Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1)The first Friday in October is designated as National Manufacturing Day and was created as an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the contributions of manufacturing in the United States. 2)On October 7, 2016, many California manufacturers will open ACR 196 Page 2 their doors to the public to showcase their operations and promote interest in the manufacturing sector as a quality career; also California manufacturing training facilities and community colleges will highlight their career technical education classrooms, equipment, students, and instructors. 3)California's manufacturing sector employs more than 1.3 million workers and is dynamic and diverse, and includes industries such as aerospace, beverages, building materials, cement, consumer goods, energy, and oil production, food processing, glass, information technology, mining, plastics, paper, pulp, and steel. 4)Working together with educators and workforce development partners, California manufacturers will continue to address the middle skills job shortage to build the next generation of skilled industrial employees equipped to respond to the demands of a global economy. 5)California's clean and energy efficient manufacturing industry maintains and supports the long-term overall health of the state's economy and stands ready to help increase opportunities for high-wage employment that will expand access to the middle class for all Californians. FISCAL EFFECT: None Analysis Prepared by: Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800 FN: 0003678 ACR 196 Page 3