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AB 1106 — Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy (Date of Hearing: April 27, 2021)

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Analysis of AB 1106 (Cervantes and Reyes) for the April 27, 2021 hearing of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, Sabrina Cervantes, Chair. The subject is the Employment Training Panel: pilot program: employment training needs. It states that the bill establishes a pilot project, administered through the Employment Training Panel (ETP), to leverage the state's network of Community College Contract Education Centers to provide short term training courses to new and incumbent workers. Suggested amendments are in Comment 7; registered support and opposition both read None on File.

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Date of Hearing: April 27, 2021

   ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON JOBS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ECONOMY
                                Sabrina Cervantes, Chair
             AB 1106 (Cervantes and Reyes) – As Introduced February 18, 2021

SUBJECT: Employment Training Panel: pilot program: employment training needs

POLICY FRAME: In addressing the significant health risk of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments
placed restrictions on a wide range of business activities. In California, unemployment went from a
record low of 3.9 percent in February 2020 to a record high of 16.4% in the following months. Over 26.5
million initial claims have been filed for Unemployment Insurance and Pandemic Unemployment
Assistance since mid-March 2020. A significant number of these individuals are women and people of
color with limited education and training beyond high school.

Many of the industry sectors hardest impacted during the pandemic are not expected to return to the same
level of economic activity as pre-COVID-19 for several years, including businesses in the hospitality,
accommodation, and tourism sectors. Even in those industry sectors that are anticipated to recover
quickly, many lower skill jobs will be permanently replaced through automation and ecommerce business
solutions.

Currently unemployed and underemployed individuals need immediate training opportunities if they are
going to successfully transition to employment in business sectors that do require workers. AB 1106
establishes a pilot project to immediately fund short-term training courses for new and incumbent
workers.

The analysis includes information on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on small businesses, examples
of workforce training opportunities during COVID-19, the Employment Training Panel (ETP). There is
no know opposition to the bill. Suggested amendments are included in Comment 7.

SUMMARY: This bill establishes a pilot project, administered through the Employment Training Panel
(ETP), to leverage the expertise of the state's regionally focused statewide network of Community College
Contract Education Centers to provide short term training courses to new and incumbent workers.
Business training needs are identified through direct consultation with local businesses and a regional
skills gap analysis to be developed by the Community College Centers of Excellence. Specifically, this
bill:

1) Makes legislative findings and declarations:
   a) California’s dominance in many economic areas is based, in part, on the significant role small
      businesses play in the state’s $3.1 trillion economy.
   b) Two separate studies, one by the United States Census Bureau and another by the Kaufman
      Foundation, found that net job growth was strongest among businesses with less than 20
      employees. California firms represented 12.6 percent of all businesses in the United States in
      2015, with 88.3 percent of firms having less than 20 employees.
   c) Supporting small business development has shown to be a successful inclusive economic growth
      strategy advantaging businesses throughout the state, including historically underserved business
      groups such as minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses, and hard to serve areas of the
      state such as low wealth, rural, and disaster-impacted communities.
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   d) In order for the state to fully leverage the economic opportunities represented by supporting small
      businesses, it is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate the integration of the statewide network of
      workforce training centers administered by the community college contract education centers
      within the existing network of small business technical and financial assistance centers.
   e) In order to better serve the workforce training needs of employers and workers, it is the intent of
      the Legislature to build upon existing coordination efforts between successful programs at the
      Employment Training Panel, the California Community Colleges, and California’s local
      workforce development boards. Recovering from the economic impacts of the COVID-19
      pandemic is placing increased pressure to upskill unemployed and incumbent workers. A more
      robust regional education and training system is better able to meet the range of workforce needs
      of business and industry.

2) Requires the Employment Training Panel to establish a pilot program (Program) to serve the
   employment training needs of small businesses though leveraging the capacity of the existing
   statewide network of community college contract education centers operating with multiple employer
   contracts. The ETP is program is intended to achieve all of the following purposes:
   a) To support the upskilling of the regional workforce to meet the demand for jobs in essential
      industry sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the emerging and dominant industry
      sectors in the post COVID-19 economy.
   b) To strengthen the linkages between higher education institutions and employers.
   c) To enhance the linkages between regional education and training system partners and the regional
      small business financial and technical assistance centers.

3) In developing the program, the ETP is required to consult with key workforce and economic
   development partners, including, but not limited to, the California Community Colleges, the
   Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz), the Labor and Workforce
   Development Agency, and the California Workforce Development Board.

4) The ETP may establish an advisory board of stakeholders, including, but not limited to, businesses,
   workers, economic developers, chambers of commerce, small business technical assistance centers,
   and public entities.

5) The ETP is required to submit two reports to the Legislature, as follows:
   a) Six months from initial funding, a progress report on the implementation of the program.
   b) On or before October 1, 2022, a report on program activities since the prior report.

6) Provides that implementation of the pilot project is subject to a budget appropriation.

7) Sunsets the provisions of the pilot project on January 1, 2026.

EXISTING LAW:

1) Establishes ETP for the purpose of providing funding to employers to assist in upgrading the skills of
   their workers through training that leads to good paying and long-term jobs. Program funding is
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   provided through a special payroll tax paid by California employers. Eligible "employers" under its
   core program include:
   a) Single employers subject to the unemployment insurance tax;
   b) Groups of employers, including chambers of commerce, joint apprenticeship training committees,
      trade associations, or economic development corporations;
   c) Training agencies, including community colleges and community college districts; universities or
      university foundations; adult schools, regional occupation programs, and private training agencies,
      as specified;
   d) Workforce development boards;
   e) Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act recipients, including one-stop career centers now
      called America's Jobs Centers.

2) Authorizes the governing board of any community college district to establish, or with one or more
   community college districts to jointly establish, contract education programs by agreement with any
   public or private agency, corporation, association, or any other person or body to provide specific
   educational programs or training to meet the specific needs of these bodies.

   a) Requires the contracting community college district or districts to recover, from all revenue
      sources, an amount equal to, but not less than, the actual costs, including administrative costs,
      incurred in providing these programs or training.

   b) Excludes from the calculation of full-time equivalent students (FTES) for the purpose of
      apportionments to districts, the attendance of students in contract education programs, unless all
      statutory and regulatory conditions for generating FTES are met.

3) Encourages community college districts to expedite the development of targeted credit or noncredit
   short-term workforce training programs, in accordance with all of the following:
   a) Short-term workforce training programs that focus on economic recovery and result in job
      placement.
   b) Short-term workforce training programs that focus on the reskilling and upskilling of individuals.
   c) Short-term workforce training programs that have at least one proven employer partner,
      demonstrate job vacancies, and submit verification to the chancellor’s office.

4) Establishes the Strong Workforce Program, administered through the Chancellor’s Office of the
   California Community Colleges, as a K–14 state education, economic, and workforce development
   initiative for the purpose of expanding the availability of high-quality, industry-valued career
   technical education and workforce development courses, programs, pathways, credentials, certificates,
   and degrees.

5) Establishes the California Small Business Technical Assistance Enhancement Program, within the
   GO-Biz, for the purpose of providing technical assistance to small businesses through partnership
   agreements with one or more federally designated small business technical assistance centers.
   a) Defines a “federal small business technical assistance center” to include, but not be limited to,
      small business development centers, women’s business centers, veterans business outreach
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       centers, manufacturing extension partnership centers, minority business development business
       centers, and procurement technical assistance centers that operate in California under federal
       contracts.
   b) Requires a preference be given to applications that propose new or enhanced services to
      underserved business groups, including women-, minority-, and veteran-owned businesses, and
      businesses in low-wealth, rural, and disaster-impacted communities included in a state or federal
      emergency declaration or proclamation.

FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown

COMMENTS & CONTEXT:

1) Small Businesses and Coronavirus: Economic developers, finance professionals, and even the
   Office of the Legislative Analyst agree that small businesses have been particularly impacted by the
   coronavirus pandemic. According to a national survey and separate report on the impacts of COVID-
   19 on small and medium size businesses, both published by McKinsey in April 2020:
   a) 70% of businesses are delaying purchases, reducing current spending, and holding back on making
      major investments. [While not an unexpected outcome, this level of delayed spending has
      significant multiplier effects as its impacts move throughout the economy.]
   b) 50% of workers at small businesses with less than 100 employees are at risk of losing their jobs
      due to the pandemic. This represents over 2.2 million workers. This is a higher percentage of job
      losses than those projected for larger private sector employers.
   c) 40% of the vulnerable small business jobs fall within two occupational categories: food service
      and customer service and sales.
   d) 60% of the vulnerable small business jobs do not require a four-year degree, meaning that
      displaced workers will likely not have formally recognized skills to help them get their next job.
   e) 55% of businesses felt that the economic impacts of the coronavirus were going to last over one
      year, with 29% responding the impacts were going to be felt for three years.
   f) 25% of businesses said they would be filing for bankruptcy within six months.

   The McKinsey report ranks California among the top states in which small businesses are and will be
   impacted by the COVID-19 emergency. The report finds that 92% of workers in small businesses that
   engage in the accommodation and food sectors are at risk. For workers at small construction firms,
   the report states that 54% are vulnerable, which is still a significant impact. Regulatory relief is one
   piece of a broader set of policies to support small businesses.

2) The Challenge of Income Inequality during COVID-19: While California’s dominance in
   innovation-based industries is unquestionable, the divide between the middle- and lower-income
   households and the top income earners is accelerating. Even when California’s unemployment was at
   historic lows pre-pandemic, unemployment within certain geographic regions and population groups
   remained significantly higher, as did the number of people in the state who were not participating
   within the core economy. In March 2020, California reported a not seasonally adjusted
   unemployment rate of 5.1% as compared to the US rate of 4.5%. From the employment side, this
   represents 18.1 million people in California, with (according to 12-month moving average) 82.5% being
   employed in full time work.
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The State of California Economic Development Department, in March 2020 (not seasonally adjusted),
reported three of California’s 58 counties had unemployment below 3.0%, with San Mateo County
reporting the lowest at 2.5%. The highest unemployment was reported in Colusa (21.4%). Year-over
(March 2019- March 2020), three counties experienced an unemployment rate decline, three counties
experienced no change in unemployment rate and 52 experienced unemployment rate increases from
the prior year.

Chart 1 – Selected Data on Unemployment shows unemployment-related information by selected
counties and population groups for a time period that includes COVID-19, March 2020 to March
2021.

                           Chart 1 - Selected Data on Unemployment (2020-2021)
                           Unemployment      Unemployment                    Unemployment      Unemployment
                                Rate              Rate                            Rate              Rate
                               March             March                           March             March
                                2020              2021                            2020              2021
                           (Not Seasonally   (Not Seasonally                   (12-month         (12-month
                             Adjusted)         Adjusted)                        moving            moving
                                                                                average)          average)

  California                    5.1%              8.2%         California         4.1%              11.1%

  Colusa County                21.4%             15.4%         Blacks             5.2%              13.9%

  Imperial County              20.4%             15.7%         Hispanics          4.7%              12.5%

  Los Angeles County            5.6%             10.9%         Whites             4.0%              10.8%
                                                               16 to 19
  Riverside County              4.7%              7.7%                            15.1%               24.5%
                                                               years old
                                                               20 to 24
  Sacramento County             4.3%              7.4%                             7.6%               17.5%
                                                               years old
                                                               25 to 34
  San Bernardino County         4.4%              7.8%                             4.1%               11.7%
                                                               years old
  San Luis Obispo County        3.5%              5.8%         *The Employment Development Department
                                                               reports a March 2021 (12-month moving average)
  San Mateo County              2.5%              5.0%         Labor Participation Rate (LPR) of 60.2% with
                                                               12.4 million people in California representing
                                                               those who were not participating in the workforce
  Tulare County                13.2%             11.6%         (the remaining 38.8%). The
                                                               LPR for veterans is 42.4% vs nonveterans LPR of
                                                               63.3%.
                                                                                        Source: www.edd.ca.gov

In March 2021, California was reported to have a not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 8.2%
as compared to the US rate of 6.2%. From the employment side, this represents 17.3 million people,
with (according to 12-month moving average) 83.0% being employed in full time work.

During this same period of time, only three of California’s 58 counties had unemployment below
5.5%, with Marin County reporting the lowest at 4.8%. The highest unemployment was reported in
Imperial (15.7%). Year-over (2020-2021), 46 counties experienced unemployment rate rises, and 11
experienced unemployment rate decreases; moreover, one county had its unemployment rate stay the
same (Lassen County).
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   Looking more specifically at different population groups, the data (12-month moving average) also show
   great disparities between the statewide rate of 11.2% and the rates of key subgroups, including
   unemployment among Blacks and Hispanics being 13.9% and 12.5% respectively. For the youngest
   members of the workforce, obtaining quality jobs remains a significant issue, with unemployment
   among 16- to 19-year-olds and 20- to 24-year-olds being well above the state average, ranging from
   24.5% to 17.5% respectively. According to the March 2021 figures, 12.4 million people in California
   are not participating in the labor force, an increase of 596,000 individuals during a 12-month period.

   The disparities shown in these charts are driven by and also influence a range of economic and
   societal issues, including, but not limited to, minimal educational attainment, economic insecurity,
   poor health outcomes, negative engagements with law enforcement, and lack of a safety net for the
   elderly and individuals with special needs. COVID-19 magnified these effects, further putting strains
   on already struggling low-wage workers, particularly in the Black and Latinx communities.

3) Overview of the Employment Training Panel: Established in 1982, the EPT provides direct
   funding to employers to assist them in upgrading worker skills. ETP is governed by an eight-member
   board with three members being appointed by the Governor, two by the Speaker of the Assembly, and
   two by the Senate pro Tempore. The Director of the GO-Biz serves as an ex officio voting member.

   ETP is the state's primary workforce training program for incumbent workers. By working directly
   with employers, ETP projects can be focused to serve the unique needs of the business and the
   individual worker. Since inception, ETP has awarded over $1.7 billion to train 1.36 million workers
   in more than 91,000 businesses.

   The core ETP program is funded through a special Employment Training Tax, which is collected by
   the Employment Development Department at the same time that employers pay other payroll taxes.
   Only those employers that have paid the tax are eligible to receive workforce training contracts under
   ETP's core program.

   Qualifying businesses, as well as entities that serve those businesses, can apply for contracts on an
   ongoing basis. Applicants can propose training in a variety of settings, including classrooms,
   laboratories, and even electronic delivery models. Eligible applicants for the core program include
   single businesses, groups of employers, workforce development boards, recipients of Work
   Innovation and Opportunity Act funds, and public and private training agencies, including community
   colleges, community college districts, universities, adult schools, and regional occupation programs.

   Since 2014, Community College Contract Education Centers have been active users of ETP, receiving
   $5 to $7 million annually through multiple employer contracts (MECs). As an example, $6.4 million
   in MECs were awarded in fiscal year 2017 to 11 Contract Education Centers, which resulted in 8,882
   workers being trained.

                                            2019-20 ETP Contract Activity
                                                             Total Number of           Average        Total Contract
                Category                   Contracts
                                                                  Trainees         Contract Value         Value
     Approved                                308                   83,264              $596,239        $92.1 million
     Ongoing at the Close of the year        360                   79,761              $259,231        $93.3 million
     Completed during the year               416                   85,642              $183,955        $76.5 million
     Approximately 70% of funds supported training activities related to small businesses
                                                                Source: Employment Training Panel 2019-20 Annual Report
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   The ETP is required to annually update a three-year Strategic Plan that addresses the demand for
   trained workers by industry, type of training, and size of employer. Based on this assessment, the
   ETP identifies priority industry sectors and authorizes projects in these areas to receive 20% more
   funding than standard reimbursement rates. The current priority sectors include:

      Agriculture                                              Goods Movement and Transportation
      Allied Healthcare                                         Logistics
      Biotechnology and Life Sciences                          Information Technology Services
      Construction                                             Manufacturing/Food Production
      Green/Clean Technology                                   Multimedia/Entertainment
                                                                Technical Services

   When revenues are available, ETP has implemented special initiatives, including programs targeted on
   veterans, individuals with disabilities, and small businesses. In implementing these special initiatives,
   the ETP has provided targeted outreach, entered into new strategic partnerships, and, on some
   occasions, modified program requirements.

   In addition to the payroll tax revenues, ETP is sometimes provided with alternate funding to support
   unique policy initiatives and reach public sector employers, which are not eligible under the core ETP
   program. Among other sources, ETP receives funding from the California Energy Commission under
   its Clean Transportation Program (previously known as the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and
   Vehicle Technology Program: ARFVTP) to provide workforce training in alternative fuels and vehicle
   technologies. In 2019-20, ETP oversaw five pilot programs using alternate funding, including the
   Clean Transportation Program.

   As proposed, AB 1106 would establish a targeted program using an alternate source of funding to
   supplement the existing community college MEC and allow training to be provided to a wider array of
   businesses and workers.

4) Employer-Driven Regional Networks of Service Delivery: The ETP instituted the MEC system to
   help develop efficiencies within their internal administrative structure while accelerating their ability
   to rapidly begin upskilling employees. In 2018, an increased demand by single employer ETP
   contracts resulted in funding reductions to all MEC’s, including Contract Education Centers.
   Nevertheless, the $5.8 million in contracts to the 9 MEC Contract Education Centers provided training
   to more than 7,773 workers.

   The ETP currently contracts with 10 Contract Education Centers, which in turn partner and
   subcontract with 18 to 25 additional community colleges. Together, they contribute to regional
   networks comprised of other workforce partners, such as local workforce boards, and business
   development partners such as chambers of commerce and Small Business Development Centers, and
   other small business technical assistance centers. The Contract Education Centers play a unique part
   in building and strengthening regional capacity to train and reskill new and incumbent workers.

   Due to funding limitations and program requirements of the ETP core program, the Contract
   Education Centers, like other MECs, are unable to meet the state’s current training and reemployment
   needs. With the core program limited to only those business who have paid the special payroll tax,
   many health care organizations such as nonprofit clinics are unable to access training for their new
   and incumbent workers. Further, the Community College Contract Education Centers report that the
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   current program’s specific industry focus (listed the comment above) do not always align with current
   local and regional employment and training needs. AB 1106 proposes the establishment of a
   separately funded pilot project to provide employer-driven training to unemployed and
   underemployed workers in essential industry sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the
   emerging and dominant industry sectors in the post COVID-19 economy.

   According to the authors, AB 1106 enhances the existing program by allowing other businesses and
   nonprofits to participate in training activities, as well as, expanding the types of training available,
   industry sectors served, and number of businesses and workers who can receive training. By building
   on the existing ETP program, AB 1106 is also designed to support small businesses that have been
   especially hard hit in this pandemic by strengthening the relationship between the Contract Education
   Centers and the state's network of 80+ small business technical assistance centers, including Small
   Business Development Centers, Women's Business Centers, and Minority Business Development
   Centers, among others.

5) The Role of Small Businesses within the California Economy: California’s dominance in many
   economic areas is based, in part, on the significant role small businesses play in the state’s
   $3.14trillion economy. Two separate studies, one by the US Census Bureau and another by the
   Kaufman Foundation, found that net job growth was strongest among businesses with less than 20
   employees. Among other advantages, small businesses are crucial in the state’s international
   competitiveness, and they are an important means for dispersing the economic positive impacts of
   trade within the California economy.
      In 2018 (most recent full set of data), of the 4.4 million firms in California, there were 4.4 million
       nonemployer firms as compared to 954,632 employer firms.
      Total revenues for nonemployer sole proprietorships, across all industry sectors, were $189 billion
       in receipts in 2018.
      Businesses with less than five employees are classified as microenterprises. In 2017, there were
       473,641 microenterprises which had one or more employees.
      Microenterprises, including both nonemployer and up-to-5-employee businesses, comprise the
       single largest segment of the California business community, and they represent 89.1% (3.9
       million) of all businesses in the state.

   Microenterprises have many unique features and provide important benefits to local communities,
   according to a recent study from the Microenterprise Fund for Innovation, Effectiveness, Learning,
   and Dissemination (FIELD) at the Aspen Institute. These benefits include:
      Providing products and services tailored to meet local and neighborhood needs.
      Stimulating an inflow of revenues to and within local communities.
      Serving as catalysts for neighborhood reengagement.
      Revitalizing neighborhoods that may otherwise have vacant storefronts.
      Providing role models and support for future entrepreneurs.

   The chart below displays 2017 data (most recent full set of data) on California employer businesses,
   including payrolls, employment, and number of firms, which may comprise of one or more
   establishments.
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   Excluding sole proprietorships, businesses with less than 20 employees comprise over 88.6% of all
   businesses and employ approximately 17.4% of all workers. Businesses with less than 100 employees
   represent 97.3% of all businesses and employ 34.5% of the workforce.

   These non-employer and small employer firms create jobs, generate taxes, support important industry
                                   California Employer Businesses by Size (2017)
          Enterprise                                      Number of
                                Number of Firms                                 Employment             Annual Payroll
        Employment Size                                 Establishments
             0-4                     473,641                474,301                737,168               $45.0 billion
               <20                   676,913                682,756               2,605,213              $125.5 billion
               0-99                  743,830                768,456               5,143,522              $250.5 billion
             100-499                  13,628                 39,757               2,081,423              $125.0 billion
               <500                  757,458                808,213               7,224,945              $375.6 billion
               500+                    6,345                133,164               7,671,680              $579.4 billion
       Total All Employers            763,803                 941,377                14,896,625        $955.0 billion
       An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or performed by one or more
         paid employees.
       A company or enterprise may consist of one or more establishments.
       An establishment with 0 employment is an establishment with no paid employees in the mid-March pay period
         but with paid employees at some time during the year.
       This series excludes government establishments except for wholesale liquor establishments (NAICS 4248),
         retail liquor stores (NAICS 44531), federally-chartered savings institutions (NAICS 522120), federally-
         chartered credit unions (NAICS 522130), and hospitals (NAICS 622).
                                                                                             Source: US Census, SUSB Series


   sectors, and revitalize communities. While their small size allows them to be more flexible in meeting
   niche foreign and domestic market needs, it also results in certain market challenges. These
   challenges include having difficulty in meeting the procedural requirements of the state’s complex
   regulatory structure and the traditional credit and collateral requirements of mainstream financial
   institutions. Specialized technical assistance, access to credit enhancements, and targeting of state
   procurement activities help many small businesses overcome or at least minimize these difficulties.

6) Proposed Amendments: Below is a list of amendments the committee members may wish to review
   when considering the bill.
   a) Modify the advisory board to become one or more ad hoc advisory groups.
   b) Clarify that the Community College Chancellor’s Office is to be consulted on the implementation
      of the pilot.
   c) Require the already required ETP, reporting to include:
      i) A description of how the funding complemented the work of EPT, and integrated the
         employers and individuals being served with, the broader workforce, education, and
         employment system.
      ii) A description of how the funding complemented the work of EPT, and, where appropriate,
          introduced the employers to the services available through the network of small business
          technical and financial assistance centers and other local and regional business development
          partners.
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   d) Add legislative intent that the training provided through these Community College Contract
      Education Centers serve as an important access point for small business employers and higher
      education.

7) Related Legislation: This bill is a modified reintroduction of AB 1547 (Cervantes and Reyes) in
   2019-20 legislative Session, which passed the Senate Floor on a 38 to 0 vote and Assembly Floor on
   concurrence on a 73 to 0 vote. The bill was ultimately vetoed by the Governor (message provided at
   the end of the comment).

   AB 1106 does not include the regional planning provisions mentioned as a concern in the veto
   message, and implementation of the program is contingent of supplemental moneys being
   appropriated by the Legislature. The authors report that they have been in conversations with the
   Budget Committee and the Administration regarding specific funding in the 2021-22 budget.

       “I am returning Assembly Bill 1457 without my signature.
       This bill would require the Employment Training Panel to establish a pilot project to enhance a
       regional business training center network of community college contract education centers to
       partner with other assistance providers servicing small businesses.
       While I am highly supportive of training programs that lead to quality jobs and support
       businesses, particularly in the midst of our current economic climate, this bill does not have the
       dedicated funding to support the pilot program and could divert funding from other core
       workforce training programs.

       “Moreover, this bill is duplicative of current planning efforts by the California Community
       Colleges and Workforce Development Boards to create a better integrated workforce development
       system. I look forward to working with these partners, and the Legislature, on achieving that
       shared goal.”

REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:

Support
None on File

Opposition
None on File

Analysis Prepared by: Toni Symonds / J., E.D., & E. / (916) 319-2090


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