Senator Caballero urges more apprenticeships as she presents Women in Construction Week resolution
March 05, 2026 | California State Senate, Senate, Legislative, California
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Senator Caballero presented Senate Resolution 84 on the floor, commemorating Women in Construction Week and urging action to expand apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship pathways into the skilled trades.
Caballero said women now make up about 11% of the overall construction workforce nationwide and only around 4% of workers in skilled trades, and argued that expanding opportunities for women is a practical way to strengthen the workforce as California meets housing and infrastructure needs. She described visiting Valley Build Now, an all-woman apprenticeship program in Fresno, and said, “You are wanted and you are needed.”
Caballero emphasized the importance of safe, inclusive job sites and called for policies to support recruitment, retention and access to middle-class careers that do not require a four-year degree. She urged colleagues to support the resolution and asked for an aye vote.
The clerk called the roll after the presentation and many members responded in the affirmative; the provided transcript excerpt does not include a final, explicit adoption announcement for SR 84, so this article reports the presentation and the roll-call activity recorded in the excerpt but does not assert a final outcome based on text not present in the transcript.
The Senate moved on to committee announcements and other business following the roll call.
Caballero said women now make up about 11% of the overall construction workforce nationwide and only around 4% of workers in skilled trades, and argued that expanding opportunities for women is a practical way to strengthen the workforce as California meets housing and infrastructure needs. She described visiting Valley Build Now, an all-woman apprenticeship program in Fresno, and said, “You are wanted and you are needed.”
Caballero emphasized the importance of safe, inclusive job sites and called for policies to support recruitment, retention and access to middle-class careers that do not require a four-year degree. She urged colleagues to support the resolution and asked for an aye vote.
The clerk called the roll after the presentation and many members responded in the affirmative; the provided transcript excerpt does not include a final, explicit adoption announcement for SR 84, so this article reports the presentation and the roll-call activity recorded in the excerpt but does not assert a final outcome based on text not present in the transcript.
The Senate moved on to committee announcements and other business following the roll call.
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