BILL NUMBER: ACR 79	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  117
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 25, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        AUGUST 15, 2011

   Relative to women in business.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 79, Beth Gaines. California Business Women's Day.
   This measure would designate September 22, 2011, and September 22,
2012, as "California Business Women's Day" and would encourage all
Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate activities.



   WHEREAS, There are approximately 1.2 million women-owned
businesses in California and women-owned businesses constitute 48.6
percent of all privately held businesses in California; and
   WHEREAS, Women-owned businesses in California employ approximately
2.8 million people and generate approximately $406 billion in
revenue; and
   WHEREAS, In 2004, among the 50 states and Washington, D.C.,
California ranked first in the number of privately held, 50 percent
or more women-owned businesses, first in the number of employees
employed by women-owned businesses, and first in revenues generated
by women-owned businesses; and
   WHEREAS, California has 11 Fortune 100 companies, all of which
have at least one woman director; and
   WHEREAS, California ranks first in the nation with the greatest
number of Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander women-owned
businesses, second for the greatest number of Native American and
Alaska Native women-owned businesses, and fourth for the greatest
number of African American women-owned businesses; and
   WHEREAS, Minority women-owned businesses comprise 35 percent of
all women-owned businesses in California, making California the third
leading state where minority women-owned businesses comprise the
greatest share of all women-owned businesses; and
   WHEREAS, September 22 marks the founding date in 1949 of the
American Business Women's Association, the mission of which is "to
bring together businesswomen of diverse occupations and to provide
opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally
and professionally through leadership, education, networking support
and national recognition"; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That September 22, 2011, and September 22, 2012,
shall be designated as "California Business Women's Day" and all
Californians are encouraged to celebrate the occasion with
appropriate activities; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly provide copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.