Bill Text: CA SCR53 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 50-22)
Status: (Passed) 2009-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 121, Statutes of 2009. [SCR53 Detail]
Download: California-2009-SCR53-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 53 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 121
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 25, 2009
ADOPTED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Corbett
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Torrico)
(Coauthor: Senator Wright)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Gaines,
Huber, Jones, Mendoza, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Salas, Solorio,
Torres, Tran, Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Blakeslee,
Blumenfield, Brownley, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore, Emmerson, Eng,
Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight,
Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, John A. Perez, Ruskin, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Villines, and Yamada)
JULY 23, 2009
Relative to New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 53, Corbett. New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.
This measure would make various statements regarding the
importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the
California economy and would declare the necessity for the
Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
WHEREAS, The Legislature is currently convening in special session
to address the state's fiscal emergency; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature must employ its vested powers to protect
the state's workers and industries; and
WHEREAS, California once boasted eight automobile manufacturing
plants within its borders; and
WHEREAS, The one remaining automobile manufacturing plant in the
western United States resides in Fremont, California; and
WHEREAS, This one remaining plant, New United Motor Manufacturing,
Inc. (NUMMI), represents a 50-50 joint venture formed in 1984
between General Motors Corporation and Toyota Motor Corporation; and
WHEREAS, General Motors recently declared bankruptcy, thereby
relinquishing its shares in NUMMI to Toyota or any other entity
willing to purchase those shares; and
WHEREAS, NUMMI produces approximately 250,000 cars and 170,000
trucks on an annual basis; and
WHEREAS, NUMMI employs nearly 4,700 workers who live throughout
the San Francisco Bay area and, through its purchase of supplies,
supports over 15,000 more workers throughout the state; and
WHEREAS, The closure of NUMMI would cause destructive
reverberations throughout California's economy; and
WHEREAS, NUMMI supports local economies and major industries in
all areas of the state by purchasing products from over 1,000
suppliers, vendors, and small-parts manufacturers, totaling $523
million in annual payroll and benefits; and
WHEREAS, Shipping industries such as the Port of Oakland and the
Union Pacific Railroad greatly depend on the existence of NUMMI; and
WHEREAS, The loss of NUMMI from California would have a
longstanding and devastating impact on the people of the state; and
WHEREAS, As a state, California is Toyota's largest market; now,
therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That it is the Legislature's priority to take
swift and decisive action to protect its workers and industries; and
be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature recognizes the necessity to utilize
its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
