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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 79
          Author:   Beth Gaines (R)
          Amended:  As introduced
          Vote:     21

           
           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 08/25/11 (Consent) - See last page 
            for vote


           SUBJECT  :    California Business Womens Day

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution designates September 22, 2011, 
          and September 22, 2012, as California Business Womens Day, 
          and encourages Californians to celebrate the occasion with 
          appropriate activities.

          ANALYSIS  :    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 
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            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 and its mission "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  :    Fiscal Com.:  No


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 08/25/11 (Consent)  
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, 
            Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, 
            Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, 
            Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, 
            Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger 
            Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, 
            Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, 
            Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, 
            Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, 
            Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, 
            Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, 
            John A. P�rez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Bonilla, Gorell


          JJA:nl  9/6/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

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