(Sacramento) - Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) and Major General David S. Baldwin, adjutant general for the California National Guard, announced at a state capitol news conference the Assembly’s $500,000 contribution to help establish the new National Guard employment pilot program called “Work for Warriors.” The program will match up the skills of unemployed and underemployed National Guard members with the hiring needs of employers. “The guardsmen and women who are already in California, as well as those who are now beginning to return home to husbands, wives, children, parents and partners, deserve to have every opportunity as they make the transition back to civilian life,” Speaker John A. Pérez said. The goal of the program is to reduce unemployment and underemployment among California Guards members by 25-percent. Here’s more from the Speaker in this Assembly Access video.