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CONSENT
Bill No: AB 960
Author: Campos (D), et al.
Amended: 5/23/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE : 11-0, 6/25/13
AYES: Wright, Nielsen, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, Correa,
De Le�n, Galgiani, Hernandez, Lieu, Padilla
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/28/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : State government: Commission on the Status of Women
and Girls
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires one of the seven public members
appointed by the Governor to serve on the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls (Commission) to be a veteran or a
member of the military.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the Commission on the
Status of Women and Girls. The Commission consists of 17
members, appointed as follows:
1.Three Members of the Senate and one public member appointed by
the Senate Rules Committee.
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2.Three Members of the Assembly and one public member appointed
by the Speaker.
3.One public member appointed by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction, and the Chief of the Division of Industrial
Welfare in the Department of Industrial Relations.
4.Seven public members appointed by the Governor, with the
consent of the Senate.
This bill requires one of the seven public members appointed by
the Governor to serve on the Commission to be a veteran or a
member of the military.
Background
The Commission was created in 1977 to study general problems,
needs and opportunities for women and to advise local women
organizations in addressing issues facing women. Last year, SB
1038 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, Chapter 46,
Statutes of 2012) reformulated the Commission to become a center
of information on seven specific issues affecting women and
girls. One policy issue is "the examination of laws and
conditions that impose limitations to opportunities for women?
in the military, women veterans and military families." A
Commissioner with military background would be invaluable as the
Commission strives to meet its newly stated mission. There are
nearly 167,000 women veterans living in California making up
eight percent of California's total 2.1 million veteran
population. By 2020, the percentage of female veterans is
expected to increase by almost 30%. Women of color make up
almost 40% of California women veterans. The unique challenges
facing a woman veteran runs the gamut from higher homelessness
and unemployment to the effects of military sexual trauma (MST).
This bill ensures that the soldier's perspective and specific
issues affecting women veterans will have a voice on the
Commission on the Status of Women and Girls.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/29/13)
AFSCME
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American Legion, Department of California
AMVETS - Department of California
California Association of County Veterans Service Officers
California Federation of Teachers
California State Commanders Veterans Council
National Guard Association of California
VFW - Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America - California State Council
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this
bill helps to ensure the Commission on the Status of Women and
Girls fulfills its newly expanded mission by requiring that one
of the seven public members appointed by the Governor be a
veteran or a member of the military.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 5/28/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Holden, Vacancy
MW:nl 8/12/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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