BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY
Jose Medina, Chair
AB 1734 (Jones-Sawyer) - As Introduced: February 14, 2014
SUBJECT : Public contracts: small business participation: disabled
veterans
SUMMARY : Requires each state agency to establish and achieve a 25%
small business participation goal and increases the annual procurement
participation goal for disabled veteran business enterprise (DVBEs)
from 3% to 5% of the total value of state contracts. Specifically,
this bill:
1)Increases the DVBE procurement participation goal from 3% to 5%.
This includes contracts for goods, services, professional bond
services, equipment rentals, construction, professional services,
alterations, repairs or improvements, general public advertising, and
electronic data processing.
2)Requires all state agencies, boards, departments, and commissions to
establish and achieve an annual goal of 25% small business
participation. Heads of these state agencies are responsible for
meeting this goal and reporting his or her agency's progress in
meeting the goal.
3)Requires agencies that fail to meet their annual small business goal
to submit a corrective plan to the Department of General Services
(DGS) within 45 days of the close of any fiscal year.
4)Requires DGS to regularly monitor the progress agencies are making in
meeting the 25% goal and to regularly share related information with
the Office of the Small Business Advocate (OSBA) including providing
a copy of the corrective action plans. DGS and the OSBA are directed
to assist agencies, to the extent feasible, in implementing their
corrective action plans.
5)Requires all state agencies to use the Small Business and DVBE 5%
preferences for contracts under $100,000 and construction contracts
under $120,000.
6)Requires DGS to actively outreach and promote the small business
preference program and in doing so collaborate with the OSBA.
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7)Specifies that the small business provisions of this act apply to the
University of California, the California State University, and the
California Community Colleges when contracting with state funds.
EXISTING LAW
1)Establishes the California Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
Program, administered by DGS, for the purpose of addressing the
special needs of disabled veterans seeking rehabilitation and
training through entrepreneurship, and to recognize the sacrifices
California's disabled veterans made during their military service.
Contracts for professional bond services are administered through the
State Treasurer's Office.
2)Applies the 3% DVBE participation goal on each awarding state agency,
department, and officer that enters into a contract for materials,
supplies, equipment, alteration, repair, or improvement. This
requirement can be waived on a specific contract with the approval of
the department director or another designated person. Contracts with
a DVBE for equipment rentals do not count toward the goal.
3)Defines the following terms:
a) A DVBE contractor, subcontractor, or supplier is any person or
entity that has been certified by the administering agency and
that performs a commercially useful function, as defined.
b) A disabled veteran is a veteran of the military, naval, or air
service of the U.S. who has a service-connected disability of at
least 10% and who is domiciled in the state.
c) A DVBE is a business certified by the administering agency as
meeting all of the following requirements:
i) The legal structure of the business is a:
(1) Sole proprietorship with at least 51% owned by one or
more disabled veterans;
(2) Publicly owned business with at least 51% of its
stock unconditionally owned by one or more disabled veterans;
(3) Subsidiary that is wholly owned by a parent
corporation, but only if at least 51% of the voting stock of
the parent corporation is unconditionally owned by one or
more disabled veterans; or
(4) Joint venture in which at least 51% of the joint
venture's management, control, and earnings are held by one
or more disabled veterans.
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ii) The management and control of the daily business operations
are by one or more disabled veterans. The disabled veterans who
exercise management and control are not required to be the same
disabled veterans as the owners of the business.
iii) It has a home office located in the United States, which is
not a branch or subsidiary of a foreign corporation, foreign
firm, or other foreign-based business.
4)Requires an awarding state department to require a prime contractor
that had committed to using a DVBE to certify upon completion of the
contract:
a) The total amount the prime contractor received under the
contract.
b) The name and address of the DVBE that participated in the
performance of the contract.
c) The amount each DVBE received from the prime contractor.
d) That all payments under the contract have been made to the
DVBE.
5)Provides that a person or entity that knowingly provides false
information shall be subject to a civil penalty for each violation in
the minimum amount of $2,500 and the maximum amount of $25,000.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS :
1)Author's Purpose : According to the author, "Governors Gray Davis and
Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 2001 and 2006, respectively, each signed an
executive order requiring all departments, agencies and commissions
to establish and achieve a 25% small businesses participation rate in
state procurement contracts. Unfortunately, the state has only met
this target three times despite the importance small businesses play
in the state's economy. Businesses with less than 100 employees
comprise more than 98.3% of all California businesses, and are
responsible for employing more than 57.9% of all workers in the
state. Codifying this executive order, not only places the policy in
statute, only to be removed by the Legislature, but also sends a
strong message to potential investors that the State of California
supports small businesses.
Created in 1989, the DVBE program grants preference within the
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state's procurement process to businesses owned by disabled veterans.
According to DGS, there are currently 1,400 certified DVBE businesses
within the state. Current law requires that 3% of all state
contracts go to DVBEs. Between 2009-2012, the program has exceeded
expectations with participation rates of 3.78%, 4.82% and 4.67%.
Increasing the rate can provide significant economic support to
businesses owned by disabled veterans."
2)Framing the Policy Issue : Small businesses play an essential role
within the California economy, contributing the most net new jobs,
offering an alternative to un- and underemployment, and helping to
disburse the financial advantages of the state's globally connected
economy. In recognition of the sacrifices already made by
California's disabled veteran community and the important economic
role of small businesses, state agencies are mandated to take certain
actions to include these two groups in state procurement
opportunities. Unfortunately, participation rates have not been as
high as desired with state agencies meeting the 25% small business
procurement goal and DVBE 3% goal only four times in the last 11
years.
This bill takes a multifaceted approach to addressing the long
standing challenges of small business and DVBE procurement
participation including codifying the 25% small business goal and
increasing the DVBE goal from 3% to 5%. These provisions have been
included in one or more pieces of prior legislation, which have
almost universally died in the legislative fiscal committees. New
evidence that the existing programs need improvement was released by
the State Auditor in February 2014, which may offer an even stronger
case for the fiscal committees. This analysis includes information
on the state's DVBE program, historic compliance issues, current and
prior legislation, and the recently completed state audit of the DVBE
program. Comment 8 includes amendment recommendations.
3)The Role of Small Businesses within the California Economy :
California's dominance in many economic areas is based, in part, on
the significant role small businesses play in the state's $2 trillion
economy. Among other advantages, small businesses are crucial to the
state's international competitiveness and are an important means for
dispersing the positive economic impacts of trade within the
California economy. California small businesses comprised 96% of the
state's 60,000 exporters in 2009, which accounted for over 44% of
total exports in the state. Nationally, small businesses represented
only 31.9% of total exports. These numbers include the export of
only goods and not services.
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Businesses with no employees make up the single largest component of
businesses in California, 2.8 million out of an estimated 3.5 million
firms in 2010. As these businesses grow, they continue to serve as
an important component of California's dynamic $2 trillion economy.
Microenterprises, meaning businesses with less than five employees
represent approximately 93% of all businesses in the state, or
approximately 3.2 million of all businesses. Businesses with 99 or
less employees comprise nearly 98% of all businesses and employ
approximately 38% of all workers. These non-employer and small
employer firms create jobs, generate taxes, and revitalize
communities.
In hard economic times, smaller size businesses often function as
economic engines. In this most recent recession the trend continued,
with the number of nonemployer firms increasing from 2.6 million
firms ($137 billion in revenues) for 2008 to 2.8 million firms ($138
billion in revenues) for 2010. In the post-recession economy, small
businesses are expected to become increasingly important due to their
ability to be more flexible and better suited to meet niche market
needs.
Their small size, however, results in certain challenges in meeting
regulatory requirements, accessing capital, and marketing their goods
and services. California's network of SBDCs provide small size
businesses, including business start-ups, with access to quality
education, one-on-one counseling, and other business development
resources.
4)Small Business Procurement Act : The Small Business Procurement Act,
administered through DGS, was implemented more than 30 years ago to
establish a small business preference within the state's procurement
process that would increase the number of contracts between the state
and small businesses. A DBVE component was added in 1989.
The Small Business Procurement Act states that it is the policy of
the State of California that the state aid the interests of small
businesses in order to preserve free competitive enterprise and to
ensure that a fair portion of the total purchases and contracts of
the state be placed with these enterprises. The statute further
states that DVBE participation is strongly encouraged to address the
special needs of disabled veterans seeking rehabilitation and
training through entrepreneurship, and to recognize the sacrifices of
California's disabled military veterans. Statute sets an annual 3%
DVBE participation goal, and a 25% goal for small and microbusinesses
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(through executive order).
Unfortunately, participation rates have not been as high as desired,
with state agencies meeting the 25% small business goal and DVBE 3%
goal, in only four out of the last 11 years. In the most recent
report on procurement, 2011-12, DGS reported that the state had
entered into $7.4 billion in contracts with $1.8 billion (24.16%)
being awarded to small businesses and $337 million (4.67%) to DVBEs.
5)Challenges in meeting Procurement Goals : If small businesses (over
85% of DVBEs are small businesses) are so important to the California
economy, why has it been so hard for state agencies to meet the small
business and DVBE procurement goals? Every year, Members craft a
range of bills to improve outreach, increase preferences, and use
their bully pulpit to help increase small business and DVBE
participation rates. Over the years, direct and innovative
approaches have been added including mandating small business and
DVBE liaisons at every agency, establishing official state-level
Small Business and DVBE Advocates, and requiring the state join a
national on-line contracting platform (BidSync).
The 2011-12 Statewide Consolidated Annual Report offers some
interesting insights. As an example, only 86% of the mandatory
reporting entities actually reported their contracting activity to
DGS. Of those that did report: mandatory reporters awarded 24.16% of
their contracts to small business (failed to meet the goal) and 4.67%
to DVBEs (met the goal).
The DGS report suggests that part of the challenge in increasing
small business and DVBE participation lies with helping the state's
largest contracting agencies have more outreach and be more
effective. In 2011-12, 62% of all state contracts were awarded by
the Department of Corrections (SDCR), the Department of
Transportation, the Franchise Tax Board, and the Department of Health
Care Services (DHCS). The top 10 agencies were awarded 80% of all
contracts by dollar amount. This means that regardless of the
efforts of the Department of Education (76.23%) and Labor and
Workforce Agency (40.59%), the state's largest contracting entities
must do a better job in contracting with small and microbusiness if
the state is going to reach its goal. The chart below shows the top
10 contracting departments.
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| Top 10 Contracting Agencies in 2011-12 |
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|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
| Departments | Total |Percent| Small | DVBE |
| | Contact |age of | Business |Participati|
| | Dollars |Statewi| and | on |
| | | de |Microbusine|Percentage |
| | |Spendin| ss | |
| | | g |Participati| |
| | | | on | |
| | | |Percentage | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|All Mandatory |$7,434,297| | 24.16% | 4.67% |
|Reporters |,407 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Corrections and |1,960,625,| 26% | 22.34% | 5.32% |
|Rehabilitation |290 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Transportation |1,872,767,| 25% | 23.53% | 4.04% |
| |028 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Franchise Tax |442,705,91| 6% | 21.11% | 4.57% |
|Board |1 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Health Care |397,931,11| 5% | 5.41% | 0.97% |
|Services |1 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|State Hospitals |320,585,67| 4% | 36.27% | 4.46% |
| |6 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Water Resources |295,652,44| 4% | 29.26% | 8.98% |
| |9 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Finance |217,578,97| 3% | 26.06% | 5.48% |
|(primarily the |7 | | | |
|FI$CAL) | | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|General Services |187,246,00| 3% | 38.54% | 9.64% |
| |7 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Parks and |163,909,72| 2% | 36.06% | 2.82% |
|Recreation |5 | | | |
|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Motor Vehicles |116,203,30| 2% | 24.46% | 5.97% |
| |6 | | | |
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|------------------+----------+-------+-----------+-----------|
|Top 10 Total |$5,975,205| | 23.65% | 3.7% |
| |,480 | | | |
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| Source: 2011-12 Statewide Consolidated Annual Report |
|prepared by DGS |
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According to DGS, the state's inability to reach is procurement goal
in 2011-12 is directly attributable to DHCS' poor performance. In
the report year, DHCS issued a multiyear contract for Medi-Cal Dental
Services worth $300 million per year without any small business or
DVBE participation. Had they met their small business goals on this
one contract, DHCS would have had a 21% small business participation
rate, instead of the reported 5%. DGS suggests that DHCS focus on
certifying the individual dentists that will be subcontracting under
the master Delta Dental contract, otherwise this single contract will
continue to hold down the state's overall participation rates for
years to come.
In contrast to DHCS, the SDCR committed to small businesses
participation in its largest size contracts including its $225
million bulk pharmaceutical purchase, which allowed the department to
increase its small business participation by 4.25% over the prior
year (18.09% v. 22.34%). AB 1734 places greater administrative
oversight on the performance of poor preforming agencies by requiring
mitigation plan was departments that fail to meet their 25% goal.
Further, state agencies would have greater pressure to include DVBE
participation in every contract with the 5% DVBE goal.
6)The DVBE Program : Existing law sets a 3% DVBE participation goal in
recognition of veterans' contribution and service to the county. The
goal is applied to the state agency or department's overall
contracting activities in the given fiscal year and may be achieved
by awarding state contracts to DVBEs as prime contractors or when
DVBEs are subcontractors on a state contract.
Awarding departments have an option of including DVBE participation
in every contract or making alternative arrangements, as long as the
3% objective is met at the end of the year. Each agency and
department is required to designate a small business and DVBE
contracting liaison to facilitate it in meeting the 3% DVBE goal and
the 25% small business goal. Departments also have the option of
offering a 1% to 5% DVBE contracting preference to assist bidders in
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helping to meet the state DVBE goal. Bidders that are unable or
unwilling to include a DVBE in a contract have the option of
submitting a DGS approved utilization plan, that commits the
businesses to using DVBEs in the future. DGS is authorized to audit
businesses that submit utilization plans to ensure compliance.
State departments that fail to meet the annual 3% goal can have their
delegated contracting authority removed, although DGS has never
removed program authority solely based on an agency or department's
failure to meet its DVBE contracting goal. DGS' responsibilities for
the DVBE program include:
Certifying DVBEs (1,300 certified DVBEs);
Performing outreach to the potential bidders and the veteran
community (over 100 events in FY 2012-13);
Marketing the DVBE program to state agencies;
Consulting with the California Procurement Contracting Academy
on the DVBE training of state contracting staff;
Preparing an annual report on DVBE participation within state
contracting activities; and
Looking into program abuse by bidders and failure to preform by
state agencies.
1)Concerns with DVBE Program : As noted above, the state has only met
its DVBE participation goal 4 times in 11 years, however the state
has met its goal in each of the last three years. In addition to the
challenges in meeting the goal, significant issues have been raised
relative to the accuracy of the reporting data and on fraudulent
bidder practices. In the past several years, the Committee has
repeatedly heard from veteran groups about bidders that fail to
follow-through on the DVBE commitments made in bid proposals, bidders
that use DVBEs but haven't renewed their certification, and of DVBEs
being included within bid proposals, but never actually preforming a
commercially useful function. Some of these program concerns have
been addressed in recent legislation which increased penalties and
heighten some areas of DVBE program oversight, including AB 177
(Ruskin and V. Manuel P�rez) Chapter 342, Statutes of 2010 and SB
1510 (Wright), Chapter 421, Statutes of 2012, respectively. A longer
list of related bills is included later in the analysis.
Other concerns, such as poor reporting of data, lack of enforcement
tools, and challenges to increasing the number of certified DVBEs
have not been addressed. Responding to these and other issues,
Senator Hueso, Chair of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and
Senator Calderon, requested the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in
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May 2013 to approve a comprehensive review of the DVBE program by the
California State Auditor. The audit was released in February 2014
and among other findings, the State Auditor found the following:
a) The objective of the program "to increase DVBE participation in
state procurement," is not appropriately being measured through
the current reporting system. The system measurers the award
value and the actual amount DVBEs' receive.
b) Only a small percentage of certified DVBEs serve as prime
contractors. As an example, only 19% of certified DVBEs served as
primes and, of those, 30 firms received 83% funding.
c) There is inadequate documentation by state contracting agencies
on DVBE participation.
d) Reporting methodologies differ by state agencies on DVBE
participation.
e) DGS has inadequate control over the state's procurement vendor,
Bidsync.
f) CalVet needs to take a more active role in working with state
agencies and tracking outreach activities.
Based on these findings, the Auditor recommended key actions for the
Legislature, DGS, and CalVet. These recommendations focus on better
and more consistent reporting including: verification of DVBE status
before finalizing the contract, increasing the number of DVBEs that
participate in state contracting, better management of state vendor,
and a heightened role and accountability for CalVet. SB 839 (Correa)
was amended in March to include proposed remedies to the reporting
and certification issues. This bill, AB 1734, addresses the issue of
how to increase DVBE participation in state contracting.
2)Amendments : Committee staff have been working with the author on
amendments to address concerns raised in the state audit and not
currently addressed in other legislation. Staff understands that the
following amendments will be presented in committee:
a) Require state agencies with contracts over $100 million be
certified by DGS, prior to the issuance of the bid request, that
the agency has met their DVBE participation goals in two of the
last three years including the prior year and that the agency will
likely meet their DVBE goal in the current year.
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b) Phase-in the increase in DVBE participation using the following
schedule: 3% in 2013-14 to 3.5% in 2014-15, and 4% in 2015-16,
and 4.5% in 2016-17, and 5% in 2017-18 and thereafter.
c) Require DGS to report on the use of utilization plans as an
alternative to using DVBE as a prime or subcontractor.
d) Require DGS to modify the existing DVBE incentive program to
provide for a higher incentive when the bid comes from a DVBE than
from a non-DVBE prime that commits to using a DVBE subcontractor.
e) Update the CalVet tracking requirements by requiring that the
list of attending at promotion events be annually compared to new
DVBE certifications and DVBE prime and subcontract lists.
f) Add specificity to the role of the California DBVE Program
Advocate.
g) Require department-level DVBE liaisons track the impact of
their promotional events.
h) Make other technical and implementing changes.
3)Related Legislation : Below is a list of related measures including
those from the current session and prior sessions.
a) Bills introduced in the 2013-14 Legislative Session:
i) AB 172 (Weber) State Agency Contracts and Microbusiness
Preference: This bill would have created the microbusiness
procurement preference from 5% to 7% for state contracts to
purchase goods, services, information technology, and
construction of state facilities. The preference may be awarded
to either a microbusiness bidder or a non-microbusiness bidder
that uses a microbusiness subcontractor. Status: Held on the
Suspense File of the Assembly Committee on Appropriations, 2013.
ii) AB 550 (Brown) Office of Small Business and Disabled
Veteran Business Enterprise Services: This bill would have
codified the 25% small business participation goal in state
procurement, which was initially set through Executive Order
(EO) D-37-01 and EO S-02-06. The bill also would have made key
changes to state procurement procedures for the purpose of
increasing small business, including microbusiness, and disabled
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veteran-owned business enterprise participation rates. Status:
Held on the Suspense File of the Assembly Committee on
Appropriations, 2013.
iii) AB 1568 (Grove) Small Business and DVBE Option: This bill
increases the number of quotes from two to three before a state
agency can enter into a non-bid contract under $250,000.
Status: Pending in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.
iv) SB 276 (Roth) Streamline Contract Maximum Value: This bill
modified the Small Business Procurement and Contract Act by
increasing the upper limit (from $250,000 to $500,000) of the
value of certain contracts that a state agency may award to a
certified small business, including a microbusiness, or to a
DVBE without complying with specified competitive bidding
requirements. Status: Held in the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, 2013.
v) SB 733 (Block) Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise
Participation Goals: This bill deletes provisions of law
allowing an awarding department to accept submission of a
disabled veteran business enterprise utilization plan to meet
the 3% statewide participation goal for awarded contracts. The
bill authorizes, instead, a new review process for demonstrating
a business' long-term commitment to using veteran-owned
businesses. Status: Pending in the Assembly Committee on Jobs,
Economic Development, and the Economy.
vi) SB 839 (Correa) DVBE Program Improvements: This bill makes
changes to the reporting, documentation and oversight of state
contracts that include DVBE participation. Status: Pending in
Assembly Committee on Government Organization.
b) Bills introduced in a prior legislative sessions:
i) AB 31 (Price) Public Contracts: Small Business Procurement
and Contract Act: This bill increased the maximum contract
threshold amount for awards to small business (SME), including
microbusiness, and DVBEs under the states streamlined
procurement process, from $100,000 to $250,000, as specified.
This bill requires contractors to report the contract amount
allocated to SMEs and DVBE 's with which they made contract
commitments. Status: The bill was signed by the Governor,
Chapter 212, Statutes of 2009.
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ii) AB 177 (Ruskin and V. Manuel P�rez) Enforcement of Small
Business Act: This bill increases and conforms penalties for
persons who falsely engage in activities relating to the Small
Business Procurement and Contract Act, including small
businesses, microbusinesses, and disabled veteran-owned business
enterprises. Status: The bill was signed by the Governor,
Chapter 342, Statutes of 2010.
iii) AB 309 (Price) Public Contracts: Small Business
Participation: This bill would have required the establishment
of a 25% small business participation goal for all state
entities and directs DGS to monitor each agency's progress in
meeting this goal. The bill would have required that the Office
of the Small Business Advocate receive the same progress report
information as state entities and directs DGS and the Office of
the Small Business Advocate to work collaboratively to assist
state entities in meeting their goal. This goal is currently
provided for in Executive Order (EO) D-37-01 and EO S-02-06.
Status: Held in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations in May
2010.
iv) AB 2249 (Ruskin) DVBE Documentation: This bill requires
applicants for small business or DVBE certification to submit a
written declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the
information submitted to DGS is true and correct. The bill also
authorizes DGS, if it determines that just cause exists, to
require the owner of a DVBE or small business to submit the
Internal Revenue Service Form 4506-T which would allow DGS to
obtain a copy of their tax return. Finally, the bill requires
that at least 51% of the stock or voting stock of a disabled
veteran business enterprise be unconditionally owned by disabled
veterans. Status: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 383,
Statutes of 2010.
v) SB 67 (Price) Small Business Participation in Public
Contracts: This bill would have authorized DGS to direct all
state entities to establish an annual goal of achieving no less
than 25% small business participation in state procurement
contracts, as specified. Status: Held in the Assembly
Committee on Appropriations in 2011.
vi) SB 733 (Price) High Speed Rail: This bill would have
required the California High-Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) to
include in its January 1, 2012 business plan a strategy for
ensuring California-certified small business participation in
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contracts awarded with state and federal funds during all phases
of the high-speed rail project. It also would have required the
HSRA to have a strategy for working with the Employment
Development Department to ensure that at least 25% of the
project workforce at each worksite is from the local workforce.
Status: Held in Senate Committee on Appropriations in 2011.
vii) AB 941 (Florez) DVBE Advocates: This bill requires the
Department of Veteran's Affairs and awarding departments to
appoint DVBE advocates to assist in meeting participation goals.
Status: Signed by the Governor, Chapter 666, Statutes of 2002.
viii) SB 1510 (Wright) Commercial Useful Purpose: This bill
tightens the bidder requirements for demonstrating that a small
business, microbusiness, or DVBE will serve a commercially
useful function (CUF) in carrying out a state contract. The
purpose of the CUF requirement is to prevent a bidder from using
a business as a "pass through" or "front" for another business
that would otherwise not qualify for the small business,
microbusiness or DVBE bid preference. By meeting the CUF
requirements, a bidder may claim a bid preference on competitive
state contract awards goods, services, informational technology
and public works. Status: The bill was signed by the Governor,
Chapter 421, Statutes of 2012.
9)Double Referral : This measure has been referred to two policy
committees by the Assembly Committee on Rules. Should AB 1734 pass
this committee, the measure will be referred to the Assembly
Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
CalAsian Chamber of Commerce
Coalition of Small and Disabled Veteran Businesses
Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Alliance
National Federation of Independent Business
Small Business California
The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
Opposition
None received
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Analysis Prepared by : Toni Symonds / J., E.D. & E. / (916) 319-2090