Date: May 17, 2022
To: Honorable Mayor Robert Garcia and Members of the City Council From: Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, 9th District
Councilmember Roberto Uranga, 7th District
Councilmember Mary Zendejas, 1st District
Subject: Support: Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex in FY 23 State Budget
RECOMMENDATION:
Add language to the 2022-23 State Legislative Agenda in support of the proposed $110 million allocation for a Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility located at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex as included in the Governor of California’s proposed FY 2023 Budget.
Discussion
The Governor’s budget, released in January of this year, details several important investments in port infrastructure, as part of a $2.3 billion supply chain package. These measures, coupled with local and federal efforts to clear container backlogs, incre ase goods movement capacity by expanding freight rail, and tackle staffing challenges by offering better wages and benefits to workers all along the supply chain, are among the most important actions government can take to address rising prices of consumer goods.
Among those investments is a $110 million allocation to the California Workforce Development Board for the purposes of setting up a Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex, which will support workforce resilience in the face of supply chain disruption and accelerate the deployment of zero emission equipment and technologies.
For the good of both our port workforce and our environment, it is important for the City of Long Beach to communicate its strong support of this initiative . As the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle nearly 40% of US imports – the largest port complex in the United States, it is incumbent upon Long Beach to support partnerships that make the Port a greener, more efficient, and more worker -friendly place, not just for the benefit of our own city, but for the entire nation.
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Mockup image of the proposed center, which will be located in part at the Port of Long Beach
Fiscal Impact
No Financial Management review was able to be conducted due to the urgency and time sensitivity of this item.
Urgency Statement
Due to the upcoming deadline for State budget proposals coinciding with a two -week period where the City has no council meetings, urgency is requested for this item. Matters like this would normally begin in the State Legislative Committee, but as the State Legislative Agenda is scheduled to be adopted at the May 24th meeting, and there is no State Legislative Committee meeting schedule before then, placing this request on the May 17th agenda would allow it to be a part of the final State Legislative Agenda.
Suggested Action
Approve recommendation.
REQUEST TO ADD AGENDA ITEM
Date: May 17, 2022
To: Monique De La Garza, City Clerk
From: Vice Mayor Rex Richardson, 9th District
Subject: Request to Add Agenda Item to Council Agenda of May 17
Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 2.03.070 [B], the City Councilmembers signing below request that the attached agenda item (due in the City Clerk Department by Friday, 12:00 Noon) be placed on the City Council agenda via the supplemental agenda.
The agenda title/recommendation for this item reads as follows:
Add language to the 2022-23 State Legislative Agenda in support of the proposed $110 million allocation for a Goods Movement Workforce Training Facility located at the San Pedro Bay Port Complex as included in the Governor of California’s proposed FY 2023 Budget.
Council District Authorizing Councilmember Signed by
9 Rex Richardson
7 Roberto Uranga
1 Mary Zendejas
cc: Office of the Mayor
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