Bill Text: CA SCR121 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Trade: Israel: memorandum of understanding.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 62-20)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 113, Statutes of 2014. [SCR121 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SCR121-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 121 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 113
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 13, 2014
ADOPTED IN SENATE AUGUST 11, 2014
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Block, Jackson, Leno, Steinberg, and Wolk
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bloom, Fox, Levine,
Lowenthal, Medina, Nazarian, and John A. Pérez)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Frazier, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Linder, Logue,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen,
Pan, Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and Yamada)
MAY 19, 2014
Relative to the memorandum of understanding between Israel and
California.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 121, Block. Trade: Israel: memorandum of understanding.
This measure would state the Legislature's support for the
memorandum of understanding for establishing strategic partnerships
between California and Israel.
WHEREAS, Two-way trade between Israel and California totaled over
$4 billion in 2013--one of the largest two-way trade relationships
between Israel and a United State; and
WHEREAS, California and Israel share close ties and are global
leaders in the alternative energy, environmental technology, and
other technology-based industry sectors; and
WHEREAS, California is home to the largest in-state innovation
network in the United States, which offers
technology-commercialization opportunities for Israel; and
WHEREAS, The Governor of California and the Prime Minister of
Israel have just signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for
strategic partnerships for joint innovation, exchanges, and
cooperation between California and Israel; and
WHEREAS, This action was the culmination of an effort started in
the California Legislature as Assembly Bill 1032 of the 2009-10
Regular Session, calling for the creation of the MOU geared toward
fostering the exchange of information and research. The MOU will
strengthen relationships with Israel and help California and Israel
grow in these areas; and
WHEREAS, The participants in this MOU seek to expand the current
level of cooperation between Israel and California in, but not
limited to, alternative energy, environmental technology, health,
food and agriculture, and other technology-based industry sectors,
business innovation, research, and development; and
WHEREAS, The MOU will also establish a formal relationship between
the two parties to foster economic cooperation and economic
development, facilitate joint industrial research and development,
and enhance business relationships and educational opportunities
between all Israeli universities and all California universities to
foster job creation and incubate global solutions from joint
California-Israel innovation initiatives; and
WHEREAS, Collaboration with Israel will foster peace and democracy
in the Middle East; and
WHEREAS, To achieve these aims, the MOU envisions undertaking the
following actions:
(1) Convening bilateral, interagency working groups with
international expertise to coordinate initiatives.
(2) Facilitating collaborations between Israeli and Californian
entrepreneurs and researchers through the California innovation hub
network.
(3) Supporting and encouraging further development of
interpersonal contacts and exchanges and to promote mutual
cooperation, understanding, and friendship by encouraging ad hoc task
forces, trade delegations, and professional exchanges between Israel
and California in key sectors.
(4) Creating of public-private partnerships between Californian
and Israeli entities in the areas of economic development, social
entrepreneurship, or academic research.
(5) Strengthening sister city programs.
(6) Facilitating collaboration between universities in California
and Israel to foster research and development; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby supports the
memorandum of understanding for establishing strategic partnerships
between California and Israel that support joint innovation in clean
technologies, water conservation, health, biotechnology,
cybersecurity, education, agricultural technology, research, and
other informational exchanges, and that also promote mutual
cooperation, understanding, and friendship by encouraging trade
delegations and collaboration on mutual projects and issues of
interest; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
