BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 20, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
582 (Calderon) - As Amended May 4, 2015
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| |Revenue and Taxation | |9 - 0 |
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill requires the Legislative Analyst and the California
State Auditor to convene a work group to determine the most
appropriate state agency to house a pilot program with the goal
of making state government more streamlined and accessible to
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small businesses. The work group is required to submit a report
to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2016.
FISCAL EFFECT:
General Fund costs in the range of $75,000 to $100,000 for the
State Auditor and the Legislative Analyst's Office to convene a
work group and produce a report with recommendations related to
the establishment of a professionals in public service pilot
program.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, entrepreneurs and local
business owners responsible for California's economic
prosperity are some of the best and brightest in the world.
Still, entrepreneurs face many obstacles in today's economy,
such as access to capital and access to different markets, and
often government itself. Governmental processes are highly
bureaucratic, which leads to slow decision making that can
have a direct impact on the private sector.
According to the bill's findings and declarations, allowing
the most creative private sector professionals to volunteer
their time and expertise to make government work better for
its citizens would permit the state to utilize this creativity
for the benefit of all its citizens.
This bill directs the Legislative Analyst and the California
State Auditor to convene a work group to determine the most
appropriate state agency to house a professionals in public
service pilot program with the goal of making state government
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activities and practices more streamlined and accessible to
small businesses.
2)Prior legislation. AB 1675 (Calderon) of 2014, would have
established the Entrepreneur-in-Residence Act of 2014 to use
the expertise of private-sector entrepreneurs to help make
state governmental activities and practices more streamlined
and accessible to small businesses. This bill was held on the
Suspense file in the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081