Bill Text: CA AR58 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to California Manufacturing Day.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-20-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-09-12 - Read. Adopted. (Page 3199.). [AR58 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AR58-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| House Resolution | No. 58 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Muratsuchi |
September 01, 2017 |
Relative to California Manufacturing Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HR 58, as introduced, Muratsuchi.
Digest Key
Bill Text
WHEREAS, The first Friday in October is designated as National Manufacturing Day and was created as an opportunity to recognize and celebrate the contributions of manufacturing in the United States; and
WHEREAS, On October 6, 2017, California will join the nation and celebrate California Manufacturing Day, during which many of the state’s manufacturers will open their doors to the public to showcase their operations and promote interest in the manufacturing sector as a quality career; and
WHEREAS, Also on that day, many California manufacturing training facilities and community colleges will highlight their career technical education classrooms, equipment, students, and instructors; and
WHEREAS, Many of the nation’s most innovative, productive, and energy efficient manufacturers have research labs, assembly plants, and administration operations in California; and
WHEREAS, California manufacturing represents 12 percent of the national manufacturing gross domestic product (GDP) and 10 percent of the national manufacturing job base; and
WHEREAS, California’s manufacturing sector is dynamic and diverse and includes industries such as aerospace, beverages, building materials, cement, consumer goods, energy and oil production, food processing, glass, information technology, mining, plastics, paper, pulp, and steel; and
WHEREAS, California manufacturers employ more than 1.3 million workers in the state with high-wage, middle-class jobs where the average salary exceeds $83,000 annually; and
WHEREAS, California manufacturers generate more than $288 billion in annual economic activity that leads to tremendous multiplier benefits throughout the economy; and
WHEREAS, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. and the Legislature recognized the importance of attracting new manufacturing investments to California in 2013 and 2017 with the enactment and amendment of a partial sales and use tax exemption for purchases of manufacturing equipment leading to measurable job growth; and
WHEREAS, Working together with educators and workforce development partners, California manufacturers will continue to address the middle skills job shortage to build the next generation of skilled industrial employees equipped to respond to the demands of a global economy; and
WHEREAS, The nonpartisan nonprofit group Next 10 found in a report titled “2017 California Green Innovation Index” that California’s economy is the fourth least carbon-intensive economy in the world and the most energy-efficient goods producer based on gross domestic product per unit of energy; and
WHEREAS, California manufacturers continue to push the bounds of clean and green technologies that reduce emissions and increase energy efficiency in products and processes; and
WHEREAS, California’s clean and energy efficient manufacturing industry maintains and supports the long-term overall health of the state’s economy and stands ready to help increase opportunities for high-wage employment that will expand access to the middle class for all Californians; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly declares Friday, October 6, 2017, as California Manufacturing Day; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
