Amended IN Senate April 13, 2021 Amended IN Senate March 10, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 628Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 8753.5 of the Government Code, and to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 628, as amended, Allen. California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of Californias workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.This bill would enact the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021, the purpose of which would be to establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority, to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state, and to recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges, as specified. The bill would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to design and implement the acts programs, consistently with the bills requirements, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations. The bill would require the programs to promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. The program of workforce development prescribed by the bill would require, among other things, that projects to be funded provide employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12, and no more than 24, months, in their communities and pay a living wage. The program of training and development prescribed by the bill would serve people who are at the beginning of their careers in the creative arts and, among other things, would focus on building marketable skills in the arts. priority and to promote employment and earn and learn, as defined, job training opportunities for creative workers, among other things. The bill would require the California Workforce Development Board and the Arts Council to work collaboratively to design the program pursuant to specified objectives. The bill would require the board and the council to consult with local government, community nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, among others, in this effort. The bill would require the council to adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the program, which would be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, and would make this information available to the public.The bill would require the Arts Council, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, to oversee and administer the grant program, to be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees. The bill would require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees for earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with demonstrated interest in creative work in their communities. Among other things, the bill would require job training employment opportunities for a creative worker to be for no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months and to pay a living wage. The bill would also require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work for specified reasons. The bill would require the board, in consultation with the council, to develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and to specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy. The bill would make conforming changes in provisions relating to the council.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) If California is to retain its premier position in arts and culture, and fully realize the social, cultural, and economic benefits of the creative industries there must be greater opportunities for employment and earn and learn job training experiences for creative workers in the state. (b) The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities around accessing the arts, and has decreased the opportunity for employment and earn and learn job training experiences in the creative industries.(c) The creative industries are integral and necessary for the recovery, rebuilding, and healing of California in the aftermath of the pandemic. Creative arts workers and projects serve to heal communities, drive social-emotional learning, improve cultural competency and cohesion, address trauma, and inspire new thinking in communities with unmet needs. (d) The public funding of creative arts employment, combined with earn and learn job training programs and engagement, will expand employment opportunities across the creative spectrum and benefit the economy and culture of California. (e) Arts and culture are essential drivers of civic participation and dialogue, and considerable research shows that integrating artists and creative workers into recovery drives better outcomes related to critical concerns including racial justice, health, education, community cohesion, and public safety.(f) Establishing the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 will increase access to broad and diverse arts and cultural resources, equipping California with the tools needed to lead the country in mobilizing artists and the arts sector. SEC. 2. Section 8753.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code). SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 202114240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021. 14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state. 14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.14243.The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. 14244.(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities. (b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications: (1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months. (2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage. (3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.14245.(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts. (b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts. (2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others. (3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists. (4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
Amended IN Senate April 13, 2021 Amended IN Senate March 10, 2021 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 628Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 19, 2021 An act to amend Section 8753.5 of the Government Code, and to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 628, as amended, Allen. California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of Californias workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.This bill would enact the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021, the purpose of which would be to establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority, to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state, and to recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges, as specified. The bill would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to design and implement the acts programs, consistently with the bills requirements, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations. The bill would require the programs to promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. The program of workforce development prescribed by the bill would require, among other things, that projects to be funded provide employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12, and no more than 24, months, in their communities and pay a living wage. The program of training and development prescribed by the bill would serve people who are at the beginning of their careers in the creative arts and, among other things, would focus on building marketable skills in the arts. priority and to promote employment and earn and learn, as defined, job training opportunities for creative workers, among other things. The bill would require the California Workforce Development Board and the Arts Council to work collaboratively to design the program pursuant to specified objectives. The bill would require the board and the council to consult with local government, community nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, among others, in this effort. The bill would require the council to adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the program, which would be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, and would make this information available to the public.The bill would require the Arts Council, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, to oversee and administer the grant program, to be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees. The bill would require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees for earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with demonstrated interest in creative work in their communities. Among other things, the bill would require job training employment opportunities for a creative worker to be for no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months and to pay a living wage. The bill would also require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work for specified reasons. The bill would require the board, in consultation with the council, to develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and to specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy. The bill would make conforming changes in provisions relating to the council.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate April 13, 2021 Amended IN Senate March 10, 2021
Amended IN Senate April 13, 2021
Amended IN Senate March 10, 2021
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 628
Introduced by Senator AllenFebruary 19, 2021
Introduced by Senator Allen
February 19, 2021
An act to amend Section 8753.5 of the Government Code, and to add Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, relating to workforce development.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 628, as amended, Allen. California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of Californias workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.This bill would enact the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021, the purpose of which would be to establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority, to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state, and to recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges, as specified. The bill would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to design and implement the acts programs, consistently with the bills requirements, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations. The bill would require the programs to promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. The program of workforce development prescribed by the bill would require, among other things, that projects to be funded provide employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12, and no more than 24, months, in their communities and pay a living wage. The program of training and development prescribed by the bill would serve people who are at the beginning of their careers in the creative arts and, among other things, would focus on building marketable skills in the arts. priority and to promote employment and earn and learn, as defined, job training opportunities for creative workers, among other things. The bill would require the California Workforce Development Board and the Arts Council to work collaboratively to design the program pursuant to specified objectives. The bill would require the board and the council to consult with local government, community nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, among others, in this effort. The bill would require the council to adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the program, which would be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, and would make this information available to the public.The bill would require the Arts Council, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, to oversee and administer the grant program, to be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees. The bill would require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees for earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with demonstrated interest in creative work in their communities. Among other things, the bill would require job training employment opportunities for a creative worker to be for no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months and to pay a living wage. The bill would also require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work for specified reasons. The bill would require the board, in consultation with the council, to develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and to specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy. The bill would make conforming changes in provisions relating to the council.
Existing law establishes the California Workforce Development Board, which assists the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of Californias workforce investment system. The board reports to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Existing law creates various workforce development programs, including the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative and the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative. Existing law establishes an Arts Council in state government to, among other things, promote the employment of artists and those skilled in crafts in both the public and private sector.
This bill would enact the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021, the purpose of which would be to establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority, to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state, and to recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges, as specified. The bill would require the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to design and implement the acts programs, consistently with the bills requirements, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations. The bill would require the programs to promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. The program of workforce development prescribed by the bill would require, among other things, that projects to be funded provide employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12, and no more than 24, months, in their communities and pay a living wage. The program of training and development prescribed by the bill would serve people who are at the beginning of their careers in the creative arts and, among other things, would focus on building marketable skills in the arts. priority and to promote employment and earn and learn, as defined, job training opportunities for creative workers, among other things. The bill would require the California Workforce Development Board and the Arts Council to work collaboratively to design the program pursuant to specified objectives. The bill would require the board and the council to consult with local government, community nonprofit organizations, and educational institutions, among others, in this effort. The bill would require the council to adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the program, which would be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act, and would make this information available to the public.
The bill would require the Arts Council, in consultation with the California Workforce Development Board, to oversee and administer the grant program, to be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees. The bill would require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees for earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with demonstrated interest in creative work in their communities. Among other things, the bill would require job training employment opportunities for a creative worker to be for no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months and to pay a living wage. The bill would also require the council to specify and set aside funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work for specified reasons. The bill would require the board, in consultation with the council, to develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and to specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy. The bill would make conforming changes in provisions relating to the council.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) If California is to retain its premier position in arts and culture, and fully realize the social, cultural, and economic benefits of the creative industries there must be greater opportunities for employment and earn and learn job training experiences for creative workers in the state. (b) The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities around accessing the arts, and has decreased the opportunity for employment and earn and learn job training experiences in the creative industries.(c) The creative industries are integral and necessary for the recovery, rebuilding, and healing of California in the aftermath of the pandemic. Creative arts workers and projects serve to heal communities, drive social-emotional learning, improve cultural competency and cohesion, address trauma, and inspire new thinking in communities with unmet needs. (d) The public funding of creative arts employment, combined with earn and learn job training programs and engagement, will expand employment opportunities across the creative spectrum and benefit the economy and culture of California. (e) Arts and culture are essential drivers of civic participation and dialogue, and considerable research shows that integrating artists and creative workers into recovery drives better outcomes related to critical concerns including racial justice, health, education, community cohesion, and public safety.(f) Establishing the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 will increase access to broad and diverse arts and cultural resources, equipping California with the tools needed to lead the country in mobilizing artists and the arts sector. SEC. 2. Section 8753.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code). SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 202114240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021. 14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state. 14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.14243.The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. 14244.(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities. (b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications: (1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months. (2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage. (3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.14245.(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts. (b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts. (2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others. (3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists. (4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) If California is to retain its premier position in arts and culture, and fully realize the social, cultural, and economic benefits of the creative industries there must be greater opportunities for employment and earn and learn job training experiences for creative workers in the state. (b) The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities around accessing the arts, and has decreased the opportunity for employment and earn and learn job training experiences in the creative industries.(c) The creative industries are integral and necessary for the recovery, rebuilding, and healing of California in the aftermath of the pandemic. Creative arts workers and projects serve to heal communities, drive social-emotional learning, improve cultural competency and cohesion, address trauma, and inspire new thinking in communities with unmet needs. (d) The public funding of creative arts employment, combined with earn and learn job training programs and engagement, will expand employment opportunities across the creative spectrum and benefit the economy and culture of California. (e) Arts and culture are essential drivers of civic participation and dialogue, and considerable research shows that integrating artists and creative workers into recovery drives better outcomes related to critical concerns including racial justice, health, education, community cohesion, and public safety.(f) Establishing the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 will increase access to broad and diverse arts and cultural resources, equipping California with the tools needed to lead the country in mobilizing artists and the arts sector.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) If California is to retain its premier position in arts and culture, and fully realize the social, cultural, and economic benefits of the creative industries there must be greater opportunities for employment and earn and learn job training experiences for creative workers in the state. (b) The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities around accessing the arts, and has decreased the opportunity for employment and earn and learn job training experiences in the creative industries.(c) The creative industries are integral and necessary for the recovery, rebuilding, and healing of California in the aftermath of the pandemic. Creative arts workers and projects serve to heal communities, drive social-emotional learning, improve cultural competency and cohesion, address trauma, and inspire new thinking in communities with unmet needs. (d) The public funding of creative arts employment, combined with earn and learn job training programs and engagement, will expand employment opportunities across the creative spectrum and benefit the economy and culture of California. (e) Arts and culture are essential drivers of civic participation and dialogue, and considerable research shows that integrating artists and creative workers into recovery drives better outcomes related to critical concerns including racial justice, health, education, community cohesion, and public safety.(f) Establishing the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 will increase access to broad and diverse arts and cultural resources, equipping California with the tools needed to lead the country in mobilizing artists and the arts sector.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) If California is to retain its premier position in arts and culture, and fully realize the social, cultural, and economic benefits of the creative industries there must be greater opportunities for employment and earn and learn job training experiences for creative workers in the state.
(b) The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing inequities around accessing the arts, and has decreased the opportunity for employment and earn and learn job training experiences in the creative industries.
(c) The creative industries are integral and necessary for the recovery, rebuilding, and healing of California in the aftermath of the pandemic. Creative arts workers and projects serve to heal communities, drive social-emotional learning, improve cultural competency and cohesion, address trauma, and inspire new thinking in communities with unmet needs.
(d) The public funding of creative arts employment, combined with earn and learn job training programs and engagement, will expand employment opportunities across the creative spectrum and benefit the economy and culture of California.
(e) Arts and culture are essential drivers of civic participation and dialogue, and considerable research shows that integrating artists and creative workers into recovery drives better outcomes related to critical concerns including racial justice, health, education, community cohesion, and public safety.
(f) Establishing the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 will increase access to broad and diverse arts and cultural resources, equipping California with the tools needed to lead the country in mobilizing artists and the arts sector.
SEC. 2. Section 8753.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).
SEC. 2. Section 8753.5 of the Government Code is amended to read:
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8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).
8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).
8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).
8753.5. The council shall not make any grants or fund any program which has not been established pursuant to the powers granted by this chapter. chapter or the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021 (Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) of Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code).
SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read: Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 202114240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021. 14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state. 14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.14243.The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. 14244.(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities. (b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications: (1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months. (2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage. (3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.14245.(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts. (b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts. (2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others. (3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists. (4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
SEC. 2.SEC. 3. Article 4 (commencing with Section 14240) is added to Chapter 4 of Division 7 of the Unemployment Insurance Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.SEC. 3.
Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 202114240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021. 14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state. 14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.14243.The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. 14244.(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities. (b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications: (1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months. (2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage. (3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.14245.(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts. (b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts. (2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others. (3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists. (4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 202114240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021. 14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state. 14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.14243.The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs. 14244.(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities. (b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications: (1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months. (2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage. (3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.14245.(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts. (b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts. (2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others. (3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists. (4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 2021
Article 4. The California Creative Workforce Act of 2021
14240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.
14240. This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021.
14241. The purpose of this article is:(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers. (d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state.
14241. The purpose of this article is:
(a) To establish creative arts workforce development as a state priority and to promote employment and training for creative workers throughout the state. priority.
(b) To recognize creative workers across California as essential workers and contributors for overcoming Californias greatest challenges through the rebuilding of Californias cultural landscape into a more equitable and just framework.
(c) To develop and support a workforce career development pipeline that serves creative workers at all stages of their careers.
(d) To create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who may have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work.
(e) To promote employment and earn and learn job training opportunities for creative workers throughout the state.
14242. For purposes of this article:(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3. (c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code. (d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing. (c)(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers. (f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.
14242. For purposes of this article:
(a) Act means the California Creative Workforce Act of 2021
(b) Agency means the Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Board means the California Workforce Development Board, established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 14010) of Chapter 3.
(c) Council means the Arts Council established pursuant to Section 8751 of the Government Code.
(d) Creative work means work directly relevant to the creation, development, production, and marketing of visual, performance, and literary art, including, but not limited to, painting, muralmaking, photography, music, performance art, acting, filmmaking, dancing, fashion design, graphic design, poetry, and all other forms of creative writing.
(c)
(e) Creative workers means visual, performance, and literary artists, including, but not limited to, painters, muralists, photographers, musicians, performing artists, actors, filmmakers, dancers, fashion designers, graphic designers, poets, and writers.
(f) Earn and learn has the meaning provided by subdivision (q) of Section 14005.
The agency shall design and implement the programs required by the act, in consultation with local governments and community nonprofit organizations, consistently with the requirements of this article. The programs shall promote creative arts employment, education, and workforce development through grants and training programs.
(a)The agency shall oversee a program of workforce development, administered by participating local government entities, cultural arts agencies, and community nonprofit organizations, that provides, pursuant to contract, employment for low-income or unemployed creative workers, among others, in their communities.
(b)The program described in subdivision (a) shall fund projects that meet the following qualifications:
(1)The project funds employment for a creative worker for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.
(2)Employment funded by the project shall pay a living wage.
(3)Creative workers shall be employed in their communities.
(4)Employment shall support creative workers in diverse activities and projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.
(a)The agency shall create and implement a program for training and developing low-income, unemployed, or disadvantaged persons, among others, who are beginning their careers in the creative arts.
(b) The program described in subdivision (a) shall do all of the following:
(1)Provide training that focuses on building marketable skills in the arts.
(2)Create service and work opportunities for young people, veterans, and the formerly incarcerated, among others.
(3)Address the maintenance and restoration of, and research on, our arts and creative and cultural resources, which shall include providing arts education and support of teaching artists.
(4)Develop the next generation of diverse public and private sector creative industry workers.
14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program. (c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program. (1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.
14243. (a) The board and the council shall work together collaboratively to design a grant program that meets the objectives enumerated in Section 14241.
(b) The board and the council shall consult with local governments, and community nonprofit organizations, educational institutions with arts programming, and workers, unions, and employers in relevant industry sectors on the design of the grant program.
(c) Consistent with this chapter, the council shall adopt criteria, guidelines, and policies for the grant program.
(1) The criteria guidelines, and policies shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(2) The council shall make the criteria, guidelines, and policies available to the public.
14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241. (b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities. (1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work. (2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture. (6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program. (c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005. (d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers. (e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following: (A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants. (B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants. (C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation. (E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program. (2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.
14244. (a) The council, in consultation with the board, shall oversee and administer the grant program, which shall be operated and implemented locally or regionally by program grantees, including, but not limited to, local government entities, cultural arts agencies, community nonprofit organizations, and other organizations operating a program that is consistent with the objectives enumerated in Section 14241.
(b) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide, either directly or through contract, earn and learn job training employment opportunities for students who have enrolled or completed a program in the arts, low-income or unemployed creative workers, and others with a demonstrated interest in, or commitment to, creative work in their communities.
(1) Grantees awarded funds under this subdivision may serve as, or contract with, labor market intermediaries who will connect prospective program participants to employers with earn and learn job training employment opportunities that involve creative work.
(2) Earn and learn job training employment opportunities for a creative worker shall be for a period of no less than 12 months and no more than 24 months.
(3) Employment funded by the program shall pay a living wage in the regional labor market where the work is performed.
(4) Creative workers shall be employed in jobs that provide opportunities, over the course of their enrollment in the program, to learn occupational skills relevant to jobs characteristic of the arts and entertainment industry.
(5) Employment shall support creative workers in diverse projects, including, but not limited to, public artworks, musical and theatrical performances, and community documentation projects that lift up the voices of systemically marginalized populations and that reframe and reimagine the possibilities of defining a new California culture.
(6) The program shall be structured so as to promote transition to unsubsidized employment at the time participants complete enrollment, with job placement in a living wage job serving as an important underlying objective of the program.
(c) The council shall specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to create equitable opportunities for career exploration and participation in creative work for individuals and communities who have faced barriers to participation and employment in creative work as a result of low levels of public and private investment in the arts, limited exposure to arts programming, or other social or economic barriers to participation and employment in creative work. These efforts shall include providing grants to organizations serving veterans and individuals with employment barriers, as defined by subdivision (j) of Section 14005.
(d) The council, in consultation with the board, may specify and set aside a portion of program funds to be awarded to grantees to provide other workforce services permitted under this division to unemployed, underemployed, and displaced creative workers.
(e) (1) The board, in consultation with the council, shall develop and implement a plan for grant program evaluation and shall specify the data to be collected to evaluate program efficacy, including all of the following:
(A) Data pertaining to the demographic characteristics of program participants.
(B) Data pertaining to employment barriers of individual program participants.
(C) Data pertaining to the types of earn and learn job training programs in which participants enroll.
(D) Data pertaining to any workforce services received during the period of program participation.
(E) Data pertaining to outcomes, including labor market data, regarding the wages and employment of program participants after they exit the program.
(2) The council shall require grantees, as a condition of receiving funding, to collect and remit all requisite data necessary to conduct program evaluation.