Bill Text: CA ACR77 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006:
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-28)
Status: (Passed) 2009-09-23 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 109, Statutes of 2009. [ACR77 Detail]
Download: California-2009-ACR77-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: ACR 77 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 109
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 23, 2009
ADOPTED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 15, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Beall, Bill Berryhill, Hall, Huber,
Logue, Monning, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez, Adams, Ammiano,
Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block,
Blumenfield, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson,
Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines,
Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez,
Hill, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen,
Portantino, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, and
Yamada)
(Coauthor: Senator Yee)
MAY 28, 2009
Relative to the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 77, Swanson. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006:
implementation.
This measure would urge the State Air Resources Board to meet the
statutory requirements of the California Global Warming Solutions Act
of 2006 by ensuring that its analysis of specified emission
reduction measures include prescribed components.
WHEREAS, The State of California is leading the nation in
developing a carbon emission reduction program pursuant to the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (the act), a law
designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state by 30
percent by the year 2020, encourage new technology and environmental
innovation, and create high-quality jobs that will support California'
s families; and
WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature that the State Air
Resources Board design emission reduction measures to meet statewide
emission limits for greenhouse gases established pursuant to the act
in a manner that minimizes costs and maximizes benefits for
California's economy; and
WHEREAS, The economic well-being of the California economy is
closely aligned with the well-being of the workforce and the
employment opportunities available to California's workers; and
WHEREAS, California's unemployment rate was 11.5 percent as of May
2009, the highest in over 25 years; and
WHEREAS, Fifty thousand manufacturing jobs were lost in California
in 2008, and more than 442,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost
from 2000 to 2008, inclusive; and
WHEREAS, The number of small businesses with employees has
decreased by 400,000 in recent years; and
WHEREAS, Retaining and creating good jobs with middle-class wages
and benefits should be an essential element of the act; and
WHEREAS, The draft scoping plan prepared in connection with the
act acknowledges that certain job sectors will experience a reduction
in workforce and, therefore, will create hardship for the workers
currently employed in those industries; and
WHEREAS, The implementation of the act may likely increase
California's demand for new, advanced, and green technologies, but
California may not enjoy a comparative advantage in the production of
those technologies; and
WHEREAS, The state has the economic and societal responsibility to
ensure that an adequate workforce exists to meet the needs of the
emerging green economy; and
WHEREAS, The state has the responsibility to ensure that training
for displaced workers will be part of the overall plan for retooling
the California economy; and
WHEREAS, Current economic conditions require extreme caution in
implementing new regulations that may further hamper job creation and
the state's economic recovery; and
WHEREAS, Drafting of legislation and other policy initiatives
required under the act and pursuant to the scoping plan adopted by
the State Air Resources Board in December 2008 has already commenced;
now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of California joins
California's workers and their families in urging the State Air
Resources Board to meet the statutory requirements of the act for the
preparation of the best available economic analysis by ensuring that
its analysis of the emission reduction measures as proposed in the
scoping plan and related rulemaking includes the following:
(a) An analysis of the projected employment impacts of the
proposed measures by sector in each of the years leading up to 2020
and beyond that specifies, in particular, the potential for green
collar jobs to be located in California or outside California.
(b) Identification of the types of jobs that will be created in
California, the industry sectors for which the jobs will be created,
and the wage and benefit levels expected for those workers.
(c) Identification of the types of jobs that may be lost in
California and the industry sectors in which the jobs may be lost.
(d) A plan for providing California workers a training program for
new green technology jobs that are different from the traditional
jobs in energy, transportation, and construction; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the State Air Resources Board and to the author
for appropriate distribution.
