Bill Text: CA SJR19 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Military base closures.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 95, Statutes of 2012. [SJR19 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SJR19-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: SJR 19	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Strickland

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   Relative to military base closures.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 19, as introduced, Strickland. Military base closures.
   This measure would urge the California delegates of Congress to
protect California military bases from closure during any upcoming
base realignment and closure processes.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, United States Defense Secretary Leon Panetta recently
released the 2013 Fiscal Year defense budget proposal which includes
a request for two new base closure periods, one in 2013 and one in
2015; and
   WHEREAS, The Department of Defense lists 33 installations in the
State of California; and
   WHEREAS, As of September 30, 2009, the Department of Defense
listed 117,806 military personnel and 61,365 civilian personnel
employed in military bases located in California; and
   WHEREAS, Nearly fifty-seven billion dollars ($57,000,000,000) of
federal defense funding is spent in California; and
   WHEREAS, California has the second highest unemployment rate in
the nation; and
   WHEREAS, Another base closure in California could have a
devastating impact on the state and local economies; and
   WHEREAS, The impact of a base closure goes beyond the employment
of the base personnel, impacting small, local businesses, schools,
sales and property tax bases of the local community, the environment,
the hospitality industry, and the housing market; now, therefore, be
it
   Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature urges the California
delegates of Congress to protect California military bases during any
upcoming base realignment and closure processes; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States,
to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the Majority
Leader of the Senate, to the minority leader of each house, and to
each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of
the United States.