California to Launch Pilot Project For Apparel Industry; Permitting Process Cited as Major Hindrance for Business.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 1996-- Representatives of the California Trade and Commerce Agency, Department of Industrial Relations industrial relations pl.n. Relations between the management of an industrial enterprise and its employees. industrial relations Noun, pl the relations between management and workers , Employment Development Department and the City and County of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. will hold a media briefing on July 16 to inform the public about a pilot project to streamline the permitting process for California's apparel industry. The California Trade and Commerce Agency has worked with the apparel industry since 1987, when the increase in minimum wage and immigration reform Immigration reform is the common term used in political discussions regarding changes to immigration policy. In a certain sense, reform can be general enough to include promoted, expanded, or open immigration, but in reality discussions of reform often deal with the aspect of created the need to explore alternatives for this industry. Higher wage jobs, increased skill level, and the introduction of new technologies has made the apparel industry a vital employer in the state. The Trade and Commerce Agency was asked by the State Labor Commissioner to facilitate the streamlining of all permitting agencies within the Los Angeles County area that deal with permitting in the apparel industry. Currently, a business must go to myriad agencies within the city and county to meet all registration requirements. Under the pilot program, which is scheduled to start in October, a business can enter the system at any one point. Once a business registers with one permitting agency, all other pertinent PERTINENT, evidence. Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent; those which have no such tendency are called impertinent, 8 Toull. n. 22. By pertinent is also meant that which belongs. Willes, 319. agencies will be notified. "This one-stop shopping for registration requirements will provide a much needed service to the business owner," said Julie Meier Wright, Secretary for the Trade and Commerce Agency. "Our goal is to give California's businesses the tools to compete -- not burdening them with a cumbersome cum·ber·some adj. 1. Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk. See Synonyms at heavy. 2. Troublesome or onerous. cum permitting process." California has replaced New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of as America's leading fashion center. The $9 billion apparel industry includes more than 5,000 clothing establishments involved in everything from design to cutting, sewing sewing: see needlework. , packing and worldwide distribution. -0-
WHAT: Media Briefing
WHEN: Tuesday, July 16, 1996, 2:00 PM
WHERE: Ronald Reagan Building
Los Angeles
CONTACT: California Trade and Commerce Agency Lisa Rettig or Mike Marando, 916/323-2880 |
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