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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1910
Author: Gray (D), et al.
Amended: 8/18/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE LABOR & INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 6/25/14
AYES: Hueso, Wyland, Leno, Padilla, Mitchell
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 8/14/14
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Gaines
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 69-2, 5/23/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Workforce Investment Board: San Joaquin
Valley
Regional Planning and Preparedness Act of 2014
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes the San Joaquin Valley Regional
Economic Planning and Preparedness Council (SJVREPPC) to develop
an oil and natural gas workforce strategic initiative to meet
the workforce needs of the San Joaquin Valley's expanding energy
economy.
ANALYSIS : The federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998
provides funding for activities and programs for job training
and employment investment in which states may participate,
including work incentive and employment training outreach
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programs.
Following passage of the federal WIA, the state established the
California Workforce Investment Board (CWIB) and charged the
CWIB with the responsibility of developing a unified, strategic
planning process to coordinate various education, training, and
employment programs into an integrated workforce development
system. There are 49 Local WIBs and within each local workforce
area there are one or more One-Stop Centers, which provide
access to career information, counseling, funding for education,
training and supportive services.
Among its responsibilities, the CWIB must establish criteria for
development of (1) the formula to be used for allocating funds
to the local areas, (2) dissemination of the Governor's 15% WIA
discretionary funding, and (3) certification and
re-certification of local WIBs. The CWIB engages state and
local workforce, education, and economic development partners in
this critical work through its Special Committees which include
the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development Council, the
Health Workforce Development Council, and the Green Collar Jobs
Council.
This bill establishes the SJVREPPC to perform specified tasks
related to addressing the workforce needs of the San Joaquin
Valley's expanding energy economy. Specifically this bill:
1.Directs the CWIB to establish this special committee, to be
known as the SJVREPPC, to develop an oil and natural gas
workforce strategic initiative to address the growing need for
a highly skilled and well-trained workforce to meet the needs
of the expanding energy economy of the San Joaquin Valley.
2.Requires the SJVREPPC to do, among other things, the
following:
A. Identify and develop the framework, and make
recommendations as to appropriate strategies, programs,
policies, partnerships and funding opportunities necessary
to address San Joaquin Valley's workforce needs, as
specified.
B. Identify resources and facilitate linkages between
federal and state agencies and the Central Valley Higher
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Education Consortium, the Central California Workforce
Collaborative, local workforce investment boards, and
individual career technology programs, high schools, and
higher education institutions on issues related to
education, training, and workforce development in support
of the region's expanding energy industry sector.
C. Facilitate the development of public, private,
philanthropic, and nongovernmental partnerships to build
and expand the state's workforce development programs,
network, and infrastructure related to the energy sector.
D. Provide policy guidance for job training programs in the
expanding energy sector to assist and prepare specific
populations in the San Joaquin Valley, such as at-risk
youth, displaced workers, veterans, formerly incarcerated
and others facing barriers to employment.
E. Develop, collect, interpret, and distribute statewide
and regional labor market data on California's current and
expanding workforce needs, trends, and job growth within
the oil and gas industry.
1.Specifies that the membership of the SJVREPPC includes
representatives from the CWIB including, but not limited to,
representatives from the following categories: K-12
education, the California Community College system, the
Employment Development Department, the Department of Food and
Agriculture, the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development, the California Transportation Commission, a local
workforce investment board representative, and other
appropriate members.
2.Authorizes the CWIB to call on other state agencies, higher
education institutions, and industry representatives, as well
as philanthropic and nongovernmental groups to serve as
consultants to the SJVREPPC.
3.Requires on or before April 1, 2015, and each April 1
thereafter, the CWIB to report to the Legislature on the
status of SJVREPPC activities and its development of an oil
and natural gas workforce strategic initiative.
4.Makes several findings and declarations relating to the San
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Joaquin Valley economy and its current and future workforce
needs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, ongoing costs
of $110,000 to CWIB to oversee the SJVREPPC. CWIB indicates a
portion of the costs could be covered by federal funds. Given
the current federal budget climate, however, General Fund
dollars may be needed in the out-years.
SUPPORT : (Per Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee
analysis of 6/25/14; unable to reverify at time of writing)
California Independent Petroleum Association
California Manufacturers & Technology Association
Western States Petroleum Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author, the San
Joaquin Valley has maintained historically higher unemployment
and poverty than the rest of the state for over 20 years. The
economic stagnation of the Valley is a systematic issue that
results from the fluctuating employment opportunities throughout
the agricultural cycle as well as inadequate diversity in other
sectors of the economy. The author argues that developing the
San Joaquin Valley's workforce skills and aligning public and
private workforce development resources with industry growth
opportunities to meet current and future workforce needs will
cultivate higher paying jobs and will allow the Valley's economy
to flourish.
The author believes that the creation of the San Joaquin Valley
Regional Economic Planning and Preparedness Council can ensure
the San Joaquin Valley is prepared to take advantage of economic
opportunities by providing the resources necessary to develop a
ready and able workforce. Proponents agree, writing in support
of strategic and concentrated efforts to make the state's
workforce development system more responsive to the technical
needs of California's regional industrial economies.
Additionally, proponents argue that by creating this council,
the Legislature will serve as the catalyst for creating a needed
program, providing an opportunity for underrepresented, building
our future workforce and supporting an industry that supports
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the tax base of our state.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 69-2, 5/23/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fox, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Hagman,
Hall, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner,
Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Grove, Stone
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Donnelly, Fong, Harkey, Roger
Hern�ndez, Jones, Mansoor, V. Manuel P�rez, Vacancy
PQ:e 8/16/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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