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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1870
Author: Alejo (D)
Amended: 8/4/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 4-1, 6/25/14
AYES: Hueso, Leno, Padilla, Mitchell
NOES: Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-22, 5/15/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Public works: prevailing wage: multiemployer
apprenticeship grants
SOURCE : State Building and Construction Trades Council of
California
DIGEST : This bill makes changes to existing law related to
the distribution of training contributions by the California
Apprenticeship Council (CAC) to approved apprenticeship
programs.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires the CAC to distribute
training contributions received, less the expenses of the
Department of Industrial Relations for administration, by making
grants to approved apprenticeship programs for the purpose of
training apprentices as follows:
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1.If there is an approved multiemployer apprenticeship program
serving the same craft or trade and geographic area for which
the training contributions were made to the CAC, a grant to
that program shall be made.
2.If there are two or more approved multiemployer apprenticeship
programs serving the same craft or trade and geographic area
for which the training contributions were made to the CAC, the
grant shall be divided among those programs based on the
number of apprentices registered in each program.
3.All training contributions not distributed as above shall be
used to defray the future expenses of the Department of
Industrial Relations for the administration and enforcement of
apprenticeship standards and requirements under existing law.
This bill makes changes to existing law related to the
distribution of training contributions by the CAC to approved
apprenticeship programs. Specifically, this bill provides that
if there are two or more approved multiemployer apprenticeship
programs serving the same craft or trade and county for which
the training contributions were made to the CAC, the grant shall
be divided among those programs based on the number of
apprentices from that county registered in each program.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/5/14)
State Building and Construction Trades Council of California
(source)
California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO
California State Association of Electrical Workers
California State Pipe Trades Council
Western States Council of Sheet Metal Workers
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/5/14)
Air Conditioning Trade Association
Associated Builders and Contractors of California
Associated Builders and contractors of San Diego
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of California
The California Fire Training Alliance
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Western Burglar and Fire Alarm Association Unilateral
Apprenticeship & Training Committee
Western Electrical Contractors Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to proponents, AB 1870 will
establish a fair distribution formula so that all programs would
get their appropriate disbursement amount instead of the current
formula which disproportionately provides more funding to
programs with fewer apprentices. Proponents argue that the
problem with the current distribution formula is that an
overwhelming portion of the funds expended annually are going to
statewide apprenticeship programs that repeatedly graduate far
less apprentices than the regional and local Joint
Apprenticeship Training Committee (JATC) programs. Proponents
bring attention to the following statistics: in 2012, for
electrical workers apprenticeship programs, JATC's graduated 712
wire-men/sound and communication installers or more than 80% of
all statewide graduates for this craft. Yet, proponents bring
attention to the fact that statewide programs received nearly
75% of the funding and the JATC's received less than 30%.
Proponents contend that AB 1870 will ensure that the funds
generated get back to the programs that are producing the
workers and will institute an equitable formula to disburse
apprenticeship-training funds.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : Opponents argue that AB 1870 changes
the long-standing method by which the state allocates
apprenticeship training grants without increasing the level of
state funding for the training. Opponents argue that the
current system, in which contractor contributions are sent to
programs that are authorized by the state to indenture
apprentices in the county from which the contributions
originated, logically supports apprentices in the same county in
which the work is being performed. Opponents contend that AB
1870 radically shifts journey worker contributions from one
program to another - which could cause some programs to lose
about two-thirds of their allocations. Opponents maintain that
AB 1870 will take contributions and send them to programs
statewide, thus allocating contributions from individual
counties in which work is being performed and sending them to
programs in 57 other counties. Opponents argue that while
programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego may
realize a very modest benefit, those programs actually serving
small rural counties could see their grants reduced
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substantially. Opponents maintain that it is preferable to
increase funding for every eligible program.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 55-22, 5/15/14
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hall,
Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea,
John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Weber, Wieckowski,
Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Ch�vez, Conway, Dahle,
Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Jones, Linder,
Logue, Melendez, Nestande, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk-Silva,
Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Mansoor, Vacancy
PQ:e 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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