Bill Text: CA SJR25 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 97, Statutes of 2012. [SJR25 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SJR25-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SJR 25	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  97
	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 Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SJR 25, Harman. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.
   This measure would urge the California delegates of Congress to
protect the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base 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 Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base might be
under consideration for closure in the 2013 or 2015 closure periods;
and
   WHEREAS, The mission of the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training
Base is to operate a military installation and airfield which
provides support and training facilities for military units, and
other federal, state, and local organizations to include in emergency
operations; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base includes the
Alamitos Army Airfield, the largest Army airfield operated by the
National Guard in the country; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is home to
the sole remaining military airfield in the greater Los Angeles and
Orange County area; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is the
disaster support area for southern California, a homeland security
assembly platform and emergency preparedness site; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is also
headquarters to units of the California National Guard's 40th
Infantry Division and houses other guard and reserve commands; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base provides 700
civilians, military personnel, and contractors with work on base at
all times; and
   WHEREAS, Those 700 men and women's impact on the local, regional,
and state economies is immeasurable; and
   WHEREAS, When reserve-component units are mobilized, more than
3,000 people, both military and civilian, report for duty at the Los
Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base; and
   WHEREAS, The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base has numerous
nonmilitary tenants whose missions contribute to the overall health,
safety, and economic vitality of the greater Los Alamitos region,
Orange County, and Los Angeles County and includes the California
Emergency Management Agency's Southern California Regional
Headquarters; and
   WHEREAS, Another base closure in California could have a
devastating impact on the nation's security; and
   WHEREAS, The impact of the closure in the Los Alamitos Joint
Forces Training Base 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 representatives
from California to the Congress of the United States to protect the
Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base 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.