Bill Text: CA ACR147 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: The Aerospace Valley.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 56-18-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-10 - Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. [ACR147 Detail]
Download: California-2021-ACR147-Amended.html
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Amended
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May 10, 2022 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 147
| Introduced by Assembly Member Lackey (Principal coauthor: Senator Wilk) |
February 18, 2022 |
Relative to the Aerospace Valley.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 147, as amended, Lackey.
The Aerospace Valley.
This measure would recognize that the Antelope Valley will henceforth be affectionately and acceptably referred to by the State of California as the Aerospace Valley.
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Fiscal Committee: NOBill Text
WHEREAS, Located between the northern part of the County of Los Angeles and the southern part of the of the County of Kern is the Antelope Valley (AV); and
WHEREAS, The AV lies between the Tehachapi, Sierra Pelona, and San Gabriel Mountains; and
WHEREAS, The western part of the Mojave Desert comprises the AV; and
WHEREAS, The referenced name “Antelope Valley” was aptly derived from the pronghorn, or American antelope, that lived in the valley; and
WHEREAS, During the late 1800s, the AV was home to about one-half of the pronghorn species that existed in the world; and
WHEREAS, The AV has several airports, airfields, and a spaceport, including Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Air Force Plant 42, Agua Dulce Airpark, California City Municipal Airport, Crystalaire Airport, General William J. Fox Airfield, Inyokern Airport, Mojave Air and Space Port, Mountain Valley Airport, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Palmdale Regional Airport, Rosamond Skypark, and Tehachapi Municipal Airport; and
WHEREAS, The AV has several airports, airfields, and a spaceport, including Palmdale Regional Airport, General William J. Fox Airfield, Inyokern Airport, Mojave Air and Space Port, Mountain Valley Airport, Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, Tehachapi Municipal Airport, Agua Dulce Airpark, Rosamond Skypark Airport, California City Municipal Airport, and Crystalaire Airport; and
WHEREAS, The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) space shuttles originally landed at Edwards Air Force Base because the lakebeds offered a long landing area until the Kennedy Space Center was built, but Edwards remains a backup in the case of bad weather in Cape Canaveral; and
WHEREAS, The AV has many educational institutions as well, most notably the California Aerospace Technologies Institute of Excellence (CATIE), promoting the aviation and aerospace industry and technology; and
WHEREAS, The AV is the location where the first flight sound barrier was broken on October 14, 1947, by General Charles Elwood “Chuck” Yeager, an early United States Air Force test pilot at Edwards, which was previously known as Muroc Army Airfield; and
WHEREAS, The first land vehicle to break the sound barrier was in the AV as well, accomplished by an unmanned rocket sled on January 12, 1948; and
WHEREAS, The AV is home to key players in the aerospace industry, such as Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and BAE Systems, as well as several other aerospace companies; and
WHEREAS, The Space Shuttle orbiters, Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, and Lockheed L-1101 Tristar projects are designated in the AV; and
WHEREAS, NASA’s Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center is located in the AV, having earned the nickname “Aerospace Valley”; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Antelope Valley will henceforth be affectionately and acceptably referred to by the State of California as the Aerospace Valley; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
