BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 11, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard S. Gordon, Chair
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156 (Berryhill) - As Introduced June 20, 2016
SENATE VOTE: 37-0
SUBJECT: California Conservation Corps: 40th Anniversary
SUMMARY: Recognizes the contributions of the California
Conservation Corps on the 40th anniversary of its creation.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)The California Conservation Corps (CCC) was created through
legislation signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. on July 7,
1976, and has grown over 40 years from small beginnings to the
oldest and largest state conservation corps program in the
nation.
2)In the six years after its inception, the CCC opened 21
centers, coined the motto "hard work, low pay, and miserable
conditions," and garnered national and international attention
for its work.
3)Throughout its history, the CCC has established more than two
dozen centers and sites throughout the state, in urban, rural,
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and suburban locations, has hired approximately 3,000 people
each year from all over the state to reflect the diversity of
California, and is now the only state program with year-round
residential centers.
4)As a cost-effective labor force working for more than 250
local, state, and federal agencies, with crews tackling more
than 900 projects annually, the CCC has generated more than
$26 million.
5)The CCC has contributed 69 million hours to natural resource
work throughout the state by providing more than 9.6 million
hours of emergency response on nearly every major California
natural disaster since 1976, installing water-saving devices
and water-efficient irrigation systems, removing turf in favor
of drought-tolerant plants, and devoting more than 500,000
hours to fighting wildfires in 2015 alone.
6)The CCC has been honored with numerous awards, including the
United Nations Environmental Programme Medal for leadership in
engaging youth in environmental projects and the Times-Mirror
Chevron Conservation Award for exceptional service to the
cause of conservation, and has been recognizes by Tom Brokaw
of NBC Nightly News as the "best and longest-running program
of its kind in the country."
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
None on file
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Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800