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Section 14202 Of Article 1. Local Workforce Development Board From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 4. >> Article 1.

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. The Governor, in partnership with the board, shall establish criteria for use by chief elected officials in the local areas for appointment of members of the local boards. Such criteria shall require that, at a minimum, all of the following:
  (a) A majority of the members of each local board shall be representatives of business in the local area, who:
  (1) Are owners of businesses, chief executives or operating officers of businesses, or other business executives or employers with optimum policymaking or hiring authority.
  (2) Represent businesses, including small businesses, or organizations representing businesses described in this subdivision, that provide employment opportunities that, at a minimum, include high-quality, work-relevant training and development in in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the local area.
  (3) Are appointed from among individuals nominated by local business organizations and business trade associations.
  (b) Not less than 20 percent of the members of each local board shall be representatives of the workforce within the local area, who:
  (1) Shall include representatives of labor organizations, for a local area in which employees are represented by labor organizations, who have been nominated by local labor federations and these representatives shall amount to not less than 15 percent of local board membership, and be subject to the following:
  (A) For a local area in which no employees are represented by such organizations, other representatives of employees shall be appointed to the board but any local board that appoints representatives of employees that are not nominated by local labor federations shall demonstrate that no employees are represented by such organizations in the local area.
  (B) Shall include a representative, who shall be a member of a labor organization or a training director, from a joint labor-management apprenticeship program, or if no such joint program exists in the area, such a representative of a state-approved apprenticeship program in the area, if such a program exists.
  (2) May include representatives of community-based organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment needs of individuals with barriers to employment, including organizations that serve veterans or that provide or support competitive integrated employment for individuals with disabilities.
  (3) May include representatives of organizations that have demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the employment, training, or education needs of eligible youth, including representatives of organizations that serve out-of-school youth.
  (c) Each local board shall include representatives of entities administering education and training activities in the local area, who:
  (1) Shall include a representative of eligible providers administering adult education and literacy activities under Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
  (2) Shall include a representative of institutions of higher education providing workforce investment activities, including community colleges.
  (3) May include representatives of local educational agencies, and of community-based organizations with demonstrated experience and expertise in addressing the education or training needs of individuals with barriers to employment.
  (d) Each local board shall include representatives of governmental and economic and community development entities serving the local area, who:
  (1) Shall include a representative of economic and community development entities.
  (2) Shall include an appropriate representative from the state employment service office under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 49 et seq.) serving the local area.
  (3) Shall include an appropriate representative of the programs carried out under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 720 et seq.), other than Section 112 or Part C of that Title (29 U.S.C. Sec. 732, 741), serving the local area.
  (4) May include representatives of philanthropic organizations serving the local area.
  (e) Each local board may include such other individuals or representatives of entities as the chief elected official in the local area may determine to be appropriate.