Workforce development: the Counties of Los Angeles and Ventura: 2025 wildfires.
- Allocates $50 million to train unemployed workers for wildfire recovery efforts in LA and Ventura Counties.
- Creates job training programs focused on construction, firefighting, healthcare, and emergency response.
- Provides expedited licensing and certification for program participants.
- Takes effect immediately as an urgent response to the 2025 wildfires.
Assembly Member Solache's $50 million workforce development initiative targets rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties following the January 2025 wildfires. The measure directs the California Workforce Development Board to allocate funds to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board and Economic Development Collaborative for training unemployed and underemployed low- to moderate-income residents.
The local workforce boards must focus training programs on sectors central to disaster recovery and rebuilding, including construction, utilities, firefighting, healthcare, social services, education, and housing assistance. Participants in these workforce programs receive access to expedited licensing and certification processes to accelerate their entry into the labor force.
The bill's findings cite the unique circumstances created by extreme wildfires in January 2025 as necessitating immediate action through specialized workforce development programs. As an urgency measure, the legislation would take effect immediately upon enactment to address workforce needs in the impacted communities.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Latest Voting History
 Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member |  Not Contacted | |
 Phillip ChenR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Heath FloraR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Alex LeeD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
 Chris WardD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |
- Allocates $50 million to train unemployed workers for wildfire recovery efforts in LA and Ventura Counties.
- Creates job training programs focused on construction, firefighting, healthcare, and emergency response.
- Provides expedited licensing and certification for program participants.
- Takes effect immediately as an urgent response to the 2025 wildfires.
This bill was recently introduced. Email the authors to let them know what you think about it.
Introduced By
Assembly Member Solache's $50 million workforce development initiative targets rebuilding efforts in Los Angeles and Ventura Counties following the January 2025 wildfires. The measure directs the California Workforce Development Board to allocate funds to the South Bay Workforce Investment Board and Economic Development Collaborative for training unemployed and underemployed low- to moderate-income residents.
The local workforce boards must focus training programs on sectors central to disaster recovery and rebuilding, including construction, utilities, firefighting, healthcare, social services, education, and housing assistance. Participants in these workforce programs receive access to expedited licensing and certification processes to accelerate their entry into the labor force.
The bill's findings cite the unique circumstances created by extreme wildfires in January 2025 as necessitating immediate action through specialized workforce development programs. As an urgency measure, the legislation would take effect immediately upon enactment to address workforce needs in the impacted communities.
Latest Voting History
Ash KalraD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Phillip ChenR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Heath FloraR Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Alex LeeD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted | |
Chris WardD Assembly Member | Committee Member | Not Contacted |