2020 - Assembly Bill 639 (Cervantes, Sabrina), Port Automation and Climate Change (Chaptered)
Bill Number
AB 639
Legislative Session
2019-2020
Bill Information
Category
Climate Change, Freight Transportation and Ports
Status
Chaptered
Author
Cervantes.Sabrina
Contact
Office of Legislative Affairs
Email
Summary
Requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and Workforce Development Board to oversee a stakeholder process to develop recommendations on how best to mitigate employment impacts of automation at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. The bill also requires these agencies to issue findings and recommendations from the stakeholder process no later than July 1, 2023. The bill also requires the California Workforce Development Board to present a previously required report on helping industry, workers, and communities transition to changes related to statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.