Bill Text: CA SJR24 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 96, Statutes of 2012. [SJR24 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SJR24-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SJR 24	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  96
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 24, 2012
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2012
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Harman
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Silva)

                        APRIL 26, 2012

   Relative to the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 24, Harman. Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.
   This measure would urge the California delegates of the Congress
of the United States to protect the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
during any upcoming base realignment and closure processes.



   WHEREAS, United States Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta,
recently released the 2013 fiscal year defense budget proposal which
includes a request for new base closures; and
   WHEREAS, The Naval Weapons Station located at Seal Beach in the
County of Orange might be under consideration for closure in the 2013
or 2015 closure periods; and
   WHEREAS, The mission of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is to
provide shore-based infrastructure support to the Navy's ordnance
mission and other fleet and fleet support activities; and
   WHEREAS, The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is the United States
Navy's primary West Coast ordnance storage, loading, and maintenance
installation in which the Navy's Pacific Fleet is serviced and
armed; and
   WHEREAS, The next closest weapons station with a port facility is
Naval Magazine Indian Island in the County of Jefferson in Washington
State, approximately 1,000 miles away; and
   WHEREAS, The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach provides 600
civilians with work and retains 200 servicemen and servicewomen on
base at all times; and
   WHEREAS, The impact of those 800 men and women on the local,
regional, and state economies is immeasurable; and
   WHEREAS, The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach includes the Seal
Beach National Wildlife Refuge, a 920-acre salt marsh; and
   WHEREAS, The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge provides
essential habitats for three endangered species, including the
light-footed clapper rail, the California least tern, and the Belding'
s Savanna sparrow. The refuge becomes an ever more vital resource to
dwindling populations of native plants and animals in light of urban
sprawl and population growth which results in the loss and
degradation of wildlife habitats; and
   WHEREAS, Another base closure in California could have a
devastating impact on the nation's security; and
   WHEREAS, The impact of the closure of the Naval Weapons Station
Seal Beach 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, the housing market, and the local, regional, and state
economies; 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 the Congress of the United States to protect the Naval
Weapons Station Seal Beach 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 Secretary of Defense 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, to each Senator and
Representative from California in the Congress of the United States,
and to the author for appropriate distribution.