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On June 23, 2004, ten months of regional manufacturing summits resulted in a statewide Summit that emphasized an overall consensus on the need for the California legislature to partner with employers and employees to make sure that California grows, and benefits from, a healthy and competitive manufacturing community. Four former governors, economists, large and small manufacturing employers and industry representatives collectively voiced their concerns, observations, research and foresight. They sent one incontrovertible message to the Legislature through the summit and the media - MANUFACTURING DOES MATTER. CMTA will use information from the regional and statewide summits to make recommendations for the 2005 Legislatiove session to grow and improve California's manufacturing environment. Press Coverage Television KXTV Sacramento KTVU Oakland KCRA Sacramento FOX 40 Sacramento Radio KFBK Sacramento KXJZ Sacramento Print Sac Bee Studies & Reports mentioned » Calfornia Competitiveness Project (pdf) » Manufacturing in California (pdf) » Manufacturing Matters (pdf) » NAM Report (pdf) » Offshore Outsourcing in an Increasingly and Rapidly Changing World (ppt) » Sales Tax Exemption Study (pdf) California Manufacturers Summit Speakers In order of appearance Jack Stewart President » CMTA Quotemarks: "Who's workers will benefit from the high-wage jobs that are created to manufacture innovative products? Who's economy will benefit from the wealth created by manufacturing those products? Who's government is going to benefit from the revenues that result from the higher wages in a growing economy?" » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Pat Cleary Senior Vice President » National Association of Manufacturers Quotemarks: "D.C. and Sacramento elected officials today can make an impact on our cost differential or they can blame it all on China." » Video: » Powerpoint slides (156 kb) » Biography and other multimedia George Deukmejian Former Governor of California Quotemarks: "It is extremely important for our state to have a strong manufacturing component if we are goping to have a vital California economy. There is a role for state govt and local govt in creating that good business climate." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Larry Kosmont CEO » Kosmont Companies Quotemarks: "The jobs we are gaining in California are not producing and gaining as much as new jobs in other states. We are gaining fat and losing muscle. We are down to our last 10 percent of manufacturing jobs." » Video: » Powerpoint slides (1835 kb) » Biography and other multimedia Kathleen Crookham Supervisor » Merced County Quotemarks: "We have a company in Merced who is in competition with itself in Mexico [because it is so expensive to manufacture in California]." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Jack Kyser Chief Economist » Los Angeles Economic Development Council Quotemarks: "For every direct retailing job, only another .57 are created." (Manufacturing creates 2.5) » Video: » Powerpoint slides (140 kb) » Biography and other multimedia Pete Wilson Former Governor of California Quotemarks: "If you want to change the climate in California and return this state to one of great competitiveness, you've got to change the attitudes [in the capitol] or change the people and bring some with a new attitude about something as old as time - Competion." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Patricia Salas-Pineda Vice President of Human Resources » NUMMI Quotemarks: "On the bounty hunting bill - "Any aggrieved employee can sue on behalf of all others. For a large company this [law] can result in a huge fine just for printing an approriate poster in the wrong font." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Howard Chambers Vice President » The Boeing Company Quotemarks: "The state of California was not very favorable toward helping us keep a manufacturing facility in Huntington Beach. It now resides in Alabama. Alabama provided more than $400 million in offsets and fundamentally removed the tax burden off the shoulders of the manufacturing and provided training." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Jack Coffey Gen. Manager, State & Local Govt. Relations » ChevronTexaco Corp. Quotemarks: "For California to be competitive, the high cost of regulation must be driven down, and that should be the goal, rather than specific industry relief, of regulatory reform in California. » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Dale Watkins Jr. President » Sheffield Platers Inc. Quotemarks: "We barely hung on during the last recession. My workers' comp went up 224 percent over the last three years and I haven't had a single claim in eight years. There has been absolutely no reward for me." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Phyllis Eisen Vice President » The Manufacturing Institute Quotemarks: "We have a dream that one day young people will see manufacturing as exciting and creative and innovative and edgy ... and a place they can make a difference and invent things." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Paul Calvert » Temple-Inland Quotemarks: "In the service sector you can have a $8 or a $10 an hour job. In a manufacturing job you can parleigh an introductory $12 to $14 an hour job into a $60,000 to $80,000 income." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Rich Hall Director Corporate Govt. Affairs » Intel Quotemarks: "The K-12 education system remains deeply flawed and in need of structural reform. We have to reform the system much more dramatically than has already been done." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Kellie Johnson President » Ace Clearwater Quotemarks: "Quoting an employee about his job - "I have only a high school diploma, I make $72,000 a year and I design and make things that are on Mars." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Carlyn Solomon VP Global Operations » Baxter Healthcare Quotemarks: "When we were determining where to put our flu plant, I heard literally from every economic development board around the world. Do you know how many calls we got from California? Zero." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Jerry Brown Mayor » City of Oakland Quotemarks: "Everyone now agrees manufacturing is important. Everyone can see that there is a cost differential that is threatening. Now we need a gameplan form where we are to where we want to be tand how we are going to get there." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia Michael Milken » Milken Institute Quotemarks: "The number of foreign students in college in Japan has increased by 50 percent in the last two years due to difficulties in bringing the best and brightest to our country." » Video: » Biography and other multimedia California Manufacturers Summit Slideshow View CMTA regional summaries » Los Angeles » Contra Costa » Orange County » Stanislaus » Merced » Fresno » Santa Clara » Alameda » Overall with audio clips and downloads