BILL NUMBER: AB 1233 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 11, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 4, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 15, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member V. Manuel Pérez
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Beall )
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 12098.8) to
Chapter 1.6 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, relating
to state government, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1233, as amended, V. Manuel Pérez. State government: economic
development.
Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development, within the Governor's office, to be
administered by a director appointed by the Governor. The office
serves the Governor as the lead entity for economic strategy and the
marketing of California on issues relating to business development,
private sector investment, and economic growth. The office exercises
powers related to economic development, including, among others,
making recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding
policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals.
This bill would require the director, in consultation with the
Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, to prepare a California
Economic and Workforce Development Strategy, as specified, to be
updated every 5 years. The bill would require the strategy to make
recommendations regarding an economic and workforce development
blueprint for the state covering a 5-year time period. The bill would
require the director to consult with certain agencies in preparing
the blueprint, and would require the blueprint
strategy to address certain topics.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 12098.8) is added to
Chapter 1.6 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, to
read:
Article 6. State Economic and Workforce Development Strategy
12098.8. (a) The director, in consultation with the Secretary of
Labor and Workforce Development, shall prepare the California
Economic and Workforce Development Strategy. In fulfilling this
requirement, the director and the secretary shall be assisted by the
California Workforce Investment Board, established pursuant to
Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3 of Division 7
of the Unemployment Insurance Code. The California Economic and
Workforce Development Strategy may serve to meet all or a portion of
other state level strategies, including, but not limited to, the
state plan required by the federal Workforce Investment Act (Public
Law 105-220).
(b) The strategy shall make recommendations regarding an economic
and workforce development blueprint for the state covering a
five-year time period, and shall contain all of the following:
(1) A statement of economic goals and objectives for the state.
(2) A prioritized list of significant issues facing the economy of
the state and how these issues and trends could be impediments to
achieving the goals, objectives, and recommendations in the
blueprint strategy .
(3) An evaluation of the effectiveness of the state's existing
economic development and workforce development programs in
creating and retaining jobs, improving productivity, increasing
innovation, providing 21st century workforce skills, and attracting
industries providing employment within the state's core and emerging
industry clusters.
(4) An evaluation of the adequacy of state and local physical,
electronic, and human infrastructure, including skills relating to
digital technology, to meet the state's current and future needs, and
a discussion of the appropriate role for state government to improve
inadequacies identified in the state's physical, electronic, and
human infrastructure.
(5) A list of key industries in which the state shall focus its
economic development efforts, including industries where the state
has a current dominant position, and industries where the state has
an emerging presence within the United States and global economies.
This list shall be based on current local and regional priorities of
the state's nine economic regions.
(6) Recommendations for legislation, new or modified
regulations, and administrative reforms that are necessary to improve
the business climate and economy of the state and meet the state's
economic goals and objectives. The recommendations shall address how
all state entities have economic and workforce development-related
responsibilities or authorities that impact economic and workforce
activities in the state can foster greater economic property
prosperity for all areas of the state,
including historically underserved areas, such as those along the
state's borders, rural areas, and within its inner
cities , and other emerging domestic markets . The
recommendations shall support regional economic development efforts,
small and microbusiness development, private investment especially in
emerging domestic markets, workforce development among all worker
skill levels, and California businesses accessing global markets.
(7) Measurable outcomes and timelines for implementing the goals,
objectives, and recommendations of the strategy.
(8) An identification of key stakeholder partnerships to use in
implementing the recommendations.
(9) An identification of options for funding the goals,
objectives, and recommendations.
(c) The blueprint strategy shall be
based on existing and current assessments completed by relevant
state, federal, local, and regional public and private organizations.
As part of their deliberations in preparing the strategy, the
director and the secretary shall do all of the following:
(1) Consult with other state entities, including, but not limited
to, all of the following:
(A) The California Transportation Commission.
(B) The California Workforce Investment Board.
(C) The Small Business Council on Procurement.
(D) The Treasurer.
(E) The California Organized Investment Network.
(F) The Department of Insurance.
(G) The California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank.
(H) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission.
(2) Review relevant background, findings, and recommendations of
all of the following:
(A) The California Transportation Plan, required to be updated
pursuant to Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 65070) of Division 1
of Title 7, including those portions related to trade infrastructure
and the movement of goods.
(B) The international and foreign investment strategies of state
and local governments.
(C) The State Environmental Goals and Policy Report, prepared
pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 65041) of Chapter 1.5
of Title 7.
(D) The five-year plan for funding infrastructure, prepared
pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of Chapter 2 of
Part 3.
(E) The state workforce strategy submitted as a condition of
receiving funding pursuant to the federal Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2938).
(F) The workforce strategies developed by the Employment Training
Panel of the California Community Colleges.
(G) The goods movement strategy developed by the Department of
Transportation or the State Air Resources Board .
(H) The Goods Movement Emissions Reduction Plan developed by the
State Air Resources Board.
(d) (1) The director and the secretary shall prepare a preliminary
California Economic and Workforce Strategy, post that document on
the Cal-BIZ and the agency's Internet Web sites, and submit written
notice of that document's posting to the relevant policy and fiscal
committees of each house of the Legislature by July
March 1, 2013.
(2) Development of the preliminary strategy pursuant to this
subdivision shall be funded from nonstate funds and private
donations.
(e) The relevant policy and fiscal committees of each house of the
Legislature shall review the preliminary strategy and hold hearings
regarding the preliminary strategy within 90 days of the date that
notice of that document's posting is sent to the relevant policy and
fiscal committees of each house of the Legislature.
(f) (1) Within two months of the final hearing held by a policy or
fiscal committee of either house of the Legislature regarding the
preliminary strategy, the director and the secretary shall prepare
the final version of the strategy.
(2) Upon the final strategy's completion, the director, the
secretary, the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, and
the Secretary of Food and Agriculture shall post the preliminary and
final strategies on each of their agencies' Internet Web sites.
(3) The director and the secretary shall submit written notice of
the completion of the final strategy and its posting to the agency
Internet Web sites specified in paragraph (2), to the relevant policy
and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as well as every state
agency, office, board, and commission having economic and workforce
development responsibilities.
(g) In each succeeding five-year cycle, the director and the
secretary shall update the strategy, pursuant to the procedures set
forth in this section, on or before October 31 of each succeeding
fifth year. This subdivision shall not prohibit the secretary from
reviewing or making recommendations on how to update the strategy
more frequently.
SEC. 2. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to preserve the public peace, health, and safety through
the encouragement of economic development throughout the state's
economic regions, it is necessary that this act take effect
immediately.