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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SJR 18
Author: Beall (D), et al.
Amended: 4/7/14
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 29-3, 1/30/14
AYES: Beall, Berryhill, Block, Calderon, Corbett, Correa, De
Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez,
Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Liu, Mitchell, Monning,
Padilla, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Wolk, Wyland, Yee
NOES: Anderson, Knight, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cannella, Fuller, Huff, Lieu, Nielsen,
Pavley, Wright, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 52-14, 4/7/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Emergency Unemployment Compensation: extension
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution proclaims the Legislatures support
for the extension of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation
(EUC) program and memorializes the United States Congress to
promptly renew the extension of unemployment benefits.
Assembly Amendments update the number of workers in California
who have run out of all available unemployment benefits and add
coauthors.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
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findings:
1. In 2008, the United States suffered its worst economic
crisis since the Great Depression. The economic downturn
resulted in a 10% unemployment rate nationwide by 2009 and a
rate as high as 12.4% in California.
2. California's unemployed workers currently face one of the
toughest job markets in the country, with statewide
unemployment at 8.5% and three unemployed workers for every
available job.
3. In 2009, Congress passed the EUC program which extended
benefits to those out of work for up to 99 weeks to give
relief to many that have endured an extended period of
unemployment. Unemployed workers in California receive 37
weeks of EUC, and 26 weeks of state benefits, averaging just
$292 a week. On December 28, 2013, the EUC program expired
without an extension from Congress. On that day, 214,000
unemployed workers ran out of EUC in California and 12,500
more will be doing so daily.
4. The EUC program brought $4.5 billion in benefits to the
California economy in 2013 alone. It is crucial for the
United States government to take action in renewing the EUC
program and extending the unemployment benefits that millions
of people direly need.
This resolution supports the extension of the EUC program and
respectfully memorializes the United States Congress to promptly
renew the extension of unemployment benefits that will
tremendously aid millions of people.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/7/14)
California Labor Federation
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 52-14, 4/7/14
AYES:Achadjian, Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bonilla, Bonta,
Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau,
Chesbro, Cooley, Dababneh, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
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Hall, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Medina, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk,
Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES Allen, Ch�vez, Dahle, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Grove, Hagman,
Harkey, Maienschein, Mansoor, Patterson, Wagner, Waldron, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED:Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Conway, Roger
Hern�ndez, Jones, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Melendez,
Nestande, Olsen, Ridley-Thomas, Vacancy
PQ:d 4/8/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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