Bill Text: CA ACR100 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 100 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relations with El Salvador.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-11 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 172, Statutes of 2014. [ACR100 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR100-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 100	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  172
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano, Bocanegra, Brown, Campos,
Cooley, Daly, Eggman, Fong, Garcia, Gonzalez, Jones-Sawyer, V. Manuel
P�rez, Rendon, Rodriguez, Stone, Wieckowski, and Williams)
   (Coauthors: Senators Correa, Hueso, Lara, Leno, Monning, and
Torres)

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   Relative to relations with El Salvador.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 100, Alejo. Relations with El Salvador.
   This measure would encourage the Governor's Office of Business and
Economic Development to work in coordination with the Legislature to
develop comprehensive trade promotion and foreign investment
activities that encourage stronger economic ties with El Salvador.



   WHEREAS, California is currently the eighth largest economy in the
world and depends on international trade, which can be enhanced by
the economic development of foreign trade partners; and
   WHEREAS, More than 4.4 million jobs in California depend on
international trade, with trade-related employment being one of the
strongest growing and well-paying labor sectors in the state; and
   WHEREAS, El Salvador has an emerging global economy with close
cultural and demographic ties to California, providing the state a
unique opportunity to engage in binational economic development
activities; and
   WHEREAS, Salvadoran-Americans constitute the second largest Latino
community in California, totaling over one million throughout the
state and 6 percent of all immigrants nationwide; and
   WHEREAS, Salvadoran-American workers in California support our
economy with indispensable labor, which in turn provides remittances
to families in El Salvador, totaling 16.7 percent of El Salvador's
gross domestic product in 2012, the largest percentage in any Latin
American country; and
   WHEREAS, The United States prospered from a $731 million trade
surplus with El Salvador in 2013; and
   WHEREAS, El Salvador and California would both benefit from
increased trade, investment, tourism, and business partnerships; and
   WHEREAS, The United States dollar is used as a medium of exchange
in El Salvador, which encourages the United States to import and
export goods and services; and
   WHEREAS, President Barack Obama initiated the Presidential Policy
Directive on Global Development in 2010, which identified El Salvador
as one of four select countries chosen for increased foreign
investment based on their track record of partnering with the United
States, policy performance, and the potential for continued economic
growth; and
   WHEREAS, In September 2013, the United States awarded El Salvador
a $277 million grant to improve El Salvador's competitiveness and
productivity in international markets; and
   WHEREAS, Currently, the World Bank lending portfolio in El
Salvador comprises $290 million in commitments for projects including
training services and job placement for poor people in urban areas,
increasing access to the labor market, strengthening local
governments, and improving public education; and
   WHEREAS, The Legislature recognizes the potential for mutually
beneficial gains resulting from El Salvador's economic development
and is committed to encouraging exchanges with El Salvador in order
to promote better economic ties through means including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
   (a)  Supporting economic development activities of the Salvadoran
foreign consulate trade officials located in California to establish
partnerships to serve as platforms for expanding California exports
and promoting California as a destination for investment.
   (b)  Developing a series of export-related seminars and webinars
on best exporting practices, protecting intellectual property rights,
and utilizing the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development (GO-Biz) support services and other related topics.
   (c)  Hosting incoming Salvadoran delegations in order to promote
Californian products and services, encourage foreign investment, and
expand economic exchange.
   (d)  Facilitating trade missions to El Salvador to promote
California products and services in prioritized industries; and
   WHEREAS, El Salvador is also committed to pursuing mutually
beneficial economic activities with California; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California
encourages Go-Biz to work in coordination with the Legislature to
develop and implement comprehensive trade promotion and foreign
investment activities that encourage stronger economic ties with El
Salvador. These activities will identify opportunities to work with
El Salvador and Salvadoran businesses to support California priority
exports to El Salvador and Salvadoran investments in California; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President of El Salvador, President Barack
Obama, and the Governor of California.