BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2696
Author: Bass (D)
Amended: 08/02/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LAB. & INDUS. RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 4-1, 6/23/10
AYES: DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Leno, Yee
NOES: Hollingsworth
NO VOTE RECORDED: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-4, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
NOES: Ashburn, Emmerson, Walters, Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 72-2, 6/2/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Workforce Investment Board: Green
Collar Jobs
Council
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the California Workforce
Investment Board (CWIB) to accept any revenues, monies,
grants, goods, or services from federal and state entities,
philanthropic organizations, and other sources, to be used
for purposes relating to the administration and
implementation of the strategic initiative. The bill
authorizes the Employment Development Department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to expend those monies
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and revenues for purposes of the strategic initiative and
the award of grants. The bill requires the Green Collar
Jobs Council (GCJC) to consult with appropriate state and
local agencies to identify opportunities to coordinate the
award of grant and green workforce training funds received
by the state under the federal American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act or any other funding sources. The bill
requires the CWIB, on or before April 1, 2011, and annually
each April 1 thereafter, to report to the Legislature on
the status of GCJC activities, grants awarded, and the
development and implementation of a green workforce
strategic initiative.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the California
Workforce Investment Board (CWIB), and requires the board
to establish a committee known as the Green Collar Jobs
Council (GCJC), comprised of specified members, and.
Existing law requires the GCJC to perform certain functions
and duties, including the development of a strategic
initiative, relating to the training and development of a
skilled workforce to meet the needs of California's
emerging green economy.
This bill:
1. Authorizes the CWIB to accept any revenues, moneys,
grants, goods, or services from federal and state
entities, philanthropic organizations, and other
sources, to be used for purposes relating to the
administration and implementation of the strategic
initiative.
2. Authorizes the Employment Development Department, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to expend those moneys
and revenues for purposes of the strategic initiative
and the award of grants.
3. Requires the Green Collar Jobs Council (GCJC) to consult
with appropriate state and local agencies to identify
opportunities to coordinate the award of grant and green
workforce training funds received by the state under the
federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act or any
other funding sources.
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4. Require the CWIB, on or before April 1, 2011, and
annually each April 1 thereafter, to report to the
Legislature on the status of GCJC activities, grants
awarded, and the development and implementation of a
green workforce strategic initiative.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee analysis:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
GCJC grants program $200 to $500
annually depending Special*
on the participation
amount of
green workforce training funds
available to the CWIB
* Federal, state, other sources
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes,
Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore,
Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande, Niello,
Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,
Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, John
A. Perez
NOES: Anderson, Knight
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, DeVore, Lieu, Norby, Audra
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Strickland, Vacancy
PQ:do 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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