BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 25
Author: Lowenthal (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE
SUBJECT : Automotive Career Month
SOURCE : California New Car Dealers Association
DIGEST : This resolution designates the month of April
2009 as Automotive Career Month.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. The automotive industry employs over 500,000
Californians in automotive-dependent careers.
2. California ranks third among all states in the number of
people employed by the automotive industry, is home to
the national headquarters for several automotive
manufacturers, and is the location of research and
design facilities for many domestic and international
automobile manufacturers.
3. Career opportunities are expanding in the over 1,400 new
car dealers located in California, where dynamic
positions with high income potential can be found in
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fields such as sales, auto repair and service, finance,
marketing, administration, design, technology and
computers, and communications.
4. Over the next 10 years, new car dealers in California
will have to annually recruit 3,600 educated and
well-trained automotive technician professionals to keep
up with increasing demand.
5. Automotive Youth Educational Systems (AYES) and its
unique pubic-private partnership between auto
manufactures, new car dealers, and the State Department
of Education, is the premier high school-to-work
initiative preparing young people for entry level career
positions or advanced studies in automotive technology.
6. AYES has over 15 California schools on its roster that
join more than 350 AYES school programs nationally.
7. In addition to AYES-qualified high schools, nearly 500
other high schools, 55 regional occupational programs,
and 70 community colleges offer automotive technology
training programs n California.
8. With California as the largest market for hybrid
vehicles in the country, the Southland Center for
Transportation Technologies at Cerritos College will
train the next generation of automotive technicians in
hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and alternative fuels
technologies so that students are prepared to address
alternatively powered vehicles in the 21st century.
9. During Automotive Career Month, the California New Car
Dealers Association and the state's new car dealers,
automotive manufacturers, and other industry partners
will reach out to students, teachers, and parents to
educate them about the wide array of career
opportunities available in the automotive industry.
This resolution designates the month of April 2009 as
Automotive Career Month.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 3/25/09)
California New Car Dealers Association (source)
California Association of Highway Patrolmen
California State Parent Teacher Association
TSM:do 3/25/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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