Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 19, 2025 · 375 words
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
House Resolution
No. 15
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry
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February 19, 2025 |
Relative to The Power of Us Day.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
HR 15, as introduced, Aguiar-Curry.
WHEREAS, The Power of Us event is a singular event that brings together women’s leadership organizations including Leadership California, California Legislative Women’s Caucus, She Shares, California Women Lead, the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, and the Women’s Foundation California; and
WHEREAS, The Power of Us event recognizes women leaders who have and continue to make a difference in our state and communities; and
WHEREAS, The sponsors of this event have come together for this unique opportunity to support women leaders but also engage, educate, support and inspire others to pursue their own leadership path; and
WHEREAS, The percentage of women-owned businesses in California is less than 25 percent, only 4 percent CEOs, 33 percent directors, and 41 percent management positions are held by women; and
WHEREAS, While we have made significant progress, women legislators remain disproportionate to the state’s population; and
WHEREAS, Women leaders and their success are critical to the health and well-being of our families, state, nation, and overall economy; and
WHEREAS, The state and nation benefits from over one-half of our population being women, there is much more to be done to ensure they are at the table and engaged in decisionmaking and policymaking from communities to board rooms to legislative bodies; and
WHEREAS, The Power of Us event celebrates the work of women leaders and also empowers all of us to find ways to strengthen their voice in all the rooms, chambers, and communities that are determining the fate of our state and nation; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the Assembly of the State of California acknowledges the work of women and duly recognizes their leadership; and be it further
Resolved, That the Assembly of the State of California declares the day of April 28, 2025, as the Power of Us Day in recognition of not only the event but the work of the partners and every woman who is inspired to do more for all; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
