CHAPTER 2. Employment Development Department [9500. - 9925.]

Heading of Chapter 2 amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.

§§ 9500–9925 · 51 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Administration §§ 9500–9502 · 2 sections

   • § 9500 The department shall administer all job training and placement programs and services for eligible persons as defined in this division, except as otherwise…
   • § 9502 For purposes of administration, the director may establish such offices as are appropriate for the administration of this part. Offices administering programs…
2. ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 9600–9619 · 20 sections

   • § 9600 (a) The department shall represent the state and local governments upon their request in dealing with the federal government regarding the kinds and quality of…
   • § 9600.7 (a) The department shall have the authority to administer the requirements of the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act including, but not limited…
   • § 9601 The department may enter into any contractual agreements with public agencies, community action agencies, private organizations and individuals which are…
   • § 9602 (a) The director shall designate economically disadvantaged areas. These areas shall be priority areas for services provided under this part. To the fullest…
   • § 9602.5 The department shall establish, in conjunction with the Department of Social Services, the Department of Industrial Relations, the Department of Education, and…
   • § 9604 (a) The department shall establish necessary data systems which shall provide administrative information on persons served including, but not limited to, the…
   • § 9605 The department shall: (a) Conduct the state manpower program, with the exception of manpower programs conducted by units of local general purpose government.…
   • § 9606 The state manpower program shall serve the needs of employers by providing them with referrals of qualified job applicants. In addition the manpower program…
   • § 9607 In the administration of the state manpower program, the director shall establish community employment development centers. Within his administrative…
   • § 9608 The director shall, within each community employment development center, establish an intake system to appraise the individual needs of applicants. Each…
   • § 9609 The department shall administer manpower service funds and shall provide, in a balanced and flexible manner, needed services as provided in this part.
   • § 9610 The director may enter into contracts for public and private job training and placement programs as may be required, and shall maintain quarterly projections…
   • § 9612 The employees of the department shall be subject to the State Civil Service Act, except for exempt appointees. Members of the California Commission on Aging…
   • § 9613 (a) The director shall make every effort to secure to the fullest extent possible federal funds available for participation under this part and shall provide…
   • § 9615 Eligible persons who are registrants pursuant to Article 3.2 (commencing with Section 11320) of Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and…
   • § 9616 (a) The department, in coordination with the United States Department of Defense and the various branches of the military of the United States, shall determine…
   • § 9616.1 (a) The department shall convene groups that represent local department field offices, county welfare departments, local workforce investment areas, and…
   • § 9617 (a) To the extent that funds are provided in the Budget Act of 2000 for the purposes of providing competitive grants to faith-based organizations that are not…
   • § 9618 (a) The department shall administer a solar training program. The department shall coordinate with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards and the State…
   • § 9619 (a) (1) To the extent that funds are appropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department may award grants to regional collaboratives for the…
3. ARTICLE 3. San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center §§ 9700–9702 · 3 sections

   • § 9700 For purposes of this article, “center” means the San Diego Multiuse Biotechnology Training Center.
   • § 9701 (a) The Legislature finds and declares the following: (1) Biotechnology represents one of the most promising, innovation-based growth industries of this era.…
   • § 9702 The San Diego Community College District, California State University, University of California, Employment Development Department, Employment Training Panel,…
4. ARTICLE 4. California YouthBuild Program §§ 9800–9809.5 · 11 sections

   • § 9800 The purposes of the California YouthBuild Program shall be all of the following: (a) To enable economically disadvantaged youth, especially youth who have not…
   • § 9801 (a) The director, from funds appropriated for this purpose to the YouthBuild Program, may make grants to applicants for the purpose of carrying out programs as…
   • § 9802 Programs shall provide, at a minimum, all of the following services: (a) (1) Acquisition, rehabilitation, acquisition and rehabilitation, or construction of…
   • § 9802.5 The department may accept proposals for funding from applicants who establish their eligibility for funding under this article by submitting proof that they…
   • § 9803 Program grants may be used for the activities in Section 9802 and for any of the following activities: (a) Legal fees for housing acquisition. (b)…
   • § 9805 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), eligible participants in a program shall be youth between the ages of 17 and 24, inclusive, who are economically…
   • § 9806 (a) The director shall use the existing infrastructure of federally funded YouthBuild programs to the maximum extent possible. In the 1999–2000 fiscal year,…
   • § 9807 An application for a grant under this article shall, at a minimum, contain all of the following: (a) The amount of the grant requested and the proposed use of…
   • § 9808 The term “YouthBuild” shall only be used in connection with a program funded pursuant to this article or by the United States Department of Labor, or if the…
   • § 9809 Each grant recipient, at the beginning of the grant cycle, shall report to the director, at a minimum, regarding the number of participants who have done any…
   • § 9809.5 Each grant recipient shall report to the director on other participant outcomes as required by the Governor under Section 122(h) of the federal Workforce…
5. ARTICLE 5. Jobs for California Graduates Program §§ 9900–9908 · 7 sections

   • § 9900 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to support the expansion of the Jobs for California Graduates pilot project in Merced into a…
   • § 9901 (a) In order to encourage a regional system of long-lasting, self-sustaining model local programs, communities served pursuant to this article shall contribute…
   • § 9902 Local affiliates of the Jobs for California Graduates Program shall include all of the following elements: (a) (1) A trained youth specialist employed…
   • § 9903 (a) Entities eligible to conduct a Jobs for California Graduates local program shall include, but need not be limited to, local education agencies, community…
   • § 9904 To be eligible to receive services through a Jobs for California Graduates local program under this article, a youth shall meet at least two of the following…
   • § 9905 (a) For purposes of establishing and expanding these programs, the department shall, to the extent feasible, make local grants available throughout the region.…
   • § 9908 State funds made available pursuant to this article shall be used to carry out both of the following: (a) The Jobs for California Graduates local program…
6. ARTICLE 6. Employer Elder Care Benefits §§ 9910–9912 · 2 sections

   • § 9910 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The percentage of California employers offering pension and retirement plans to employees is…
   • § 9912 (a) The Legislature requests that the Senior Worker Advocate Office of the Employment Development Department work with the California Commission on Aging and…
7. ARTICLE 7. Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program §§ 9920–9925 · 6 sections

   • § 9920 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) All efforts funded under this article are intended to supplement and be aligned with the broader…
   • § 9921 (a) There is hereby established the Displaced Oil and Gas Worker Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, for the purpose of addressing employment…
   • § 9922 (a) The department shall award grants to qualified applicants on a competitive basis using funds to be appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the…
   • § 9923 (a) Grant recipients shall be evaluated using the following criteria: (1) Ability to provide the services proposed in the grant to the number of individuals…
   • § 9924 Eligible activities for the program and grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Labor market information. (b) Career…
   • § 9925 This article shall remain in effect only until July 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.