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          Date of Hearing:   August 22, 2011

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                                Nancy Skinner, Chair
                  ACR 79 (Gaines) - As Introduced:  August 15, 2011
           
          SUBJECT  :   California Business Women's Day.

           SUMMARY  :   Designates September 22, 2011, and September 22, 
          2012, as "California Business Women's Day; and, encourages 
          Californians to celebrate the occasion with appropriate 
          activities.  Specifically,  this resolution  makes the following 
          legislative findings: 

          1)There are approximately 1.2 million women-owned businesses in 
            California constituting 48.6 percent of all privately held 
            business in California; and, women-owned businesses in 
            California employ approximately 2.8 million people and 
            generate approximately $406 billion in revenue.

          2)Minority women-owned businesses comprise 35 percent of all 
            women-owned businesses in California; and, 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.

          3)September 22 marks the founding date in 1949 of the American 
            Business Women's Association (ABWA); and, ABWA's mission 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".

           FISCAL EFFECT :   None.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          None on file.

           Opposition 
           








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          None on file.

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800