ACR 100 Assembly Concurrent Resolution

BILL NUMBER: ACR 100	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 21, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Ammiano,   Bocanegra,   Campos,  
Cooley,   Daly,   Eggman,   Garcia, 
 Gonzalez,   Jones-Sawyer,   V. Manuel Pщrez,
  Rendon,   Rodriguez,   Stone,  
Wieckowski,   and Williams   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Correa,   Hueso,   Lara,   Leno, 
 Monning,   and Torres   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2014

   Relative to relations with El Salvador.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 100, as amended, Alejo. Relations with El Salvador.
   This measure would extend an invitation to the people of El
Salvador to join California and commit to the development of programs
to foster social, economic, educational, scientific, and cultural
programs in order to strengthen the democratization process and
economic development of El Salvador and to promote economic ties and
to improve international understanding and goodwill.
   Fiscal committee: no.



   WHEREAS, El Salvador and California are  economic centers
for commercial, industrial, and financial business  
both centers for cultural and economic exchange  ; and 
   WHEREAS, El Salvador and California share common cultural ties,
similar early history during the period of Spanish colonization, and
strong family ties among sectors of their populations; and  

   WHEREAS, California has the largest number of foreign born
residents from El Salvador in the nation, with the Cities of Los
Angeles and San Francisco having the largest concentration of
Salvadorans in California; and 
   WHEREAS, Salvadoran-Americans constitute the second largest Latino
community in California, numbering  close to 600,000
  over one million  throughout the  State
  state  and 6 percent of all immigrants
nationwide; and 
   WHEREAS, El Salvador and California share common cultural ties,
similar early history during the Spanish colonization, and strong
family ties among sectors of their populations, and the Cities of Los
Angeles and San Francisco have the largest concentration of
Salvadoran-Americans in California; and  
   WHEREAS, Although El Salvador and California share a great deal in
common, they are sufficiently different that both would benefit from
increased trade, investment, tourism, cultural, educational, and
scientific exchanges; and  
   WHEREAS, In 2010, the Legislature officially established the area
between Adams Boulevard and 11th Street on Vermont Avenue in the City
of Los Angeles as the El Salvador Community Corridor, which is now
home to more than 100 Salvadoran businesses; and 
   WHEREAS, California's educational and academic communities,
through casework and research studies carried out by prestigious
research institutions, have recognized the significant 
economic, cultural migratory, and political   cultural
and economic  contributions of the Salvadoran-American community
in California; and 
   WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of California is committed
to encouraging relationships and exchanges between California and
other regions of the world in order to promote better economic ties,
understanding, and cultural relations; and 
   WHEREAS, Salvadoran-American workers in California support our
economy with indispensable labor, which in turn provides remittances
 to families  in El Salvador, totaling 16.7 percent of El
Salvador's gross domestic product in 2012, the largest percentage in
any Latin  county   American country  ; and

   WHEREAS, The United States prospered from a $692.6 million trade
surplus with El Salvador in 2013; and 
   WHEREAS, El Salvador has been recognized by President Obama's
Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development as one of four
select countries chosen based on data indicating economic gains
resulting from increased foreign investment and trade between both
nations; and  
   WHEREAS, El Salvador and California would both benefit from
increased trade, investment, and tourism, and increased cultural,
educational, and scientific exchanges; and  
   WHEREAS, President Barack Obama initiated the Presidential Policy
Directive on Global Development in 2010, which identified El Salvador
as one of four select countries chosen for increased foreign
investment based on their track record of partnering with the United
States, policy performance, and the potential for continued economic
growth; and  
   WHEREAS, The Legislature is committed to encouraging relationships
and exchanges between California and other regions of the world in
order to promote better economic ties, understanding, and cultural
relations; and 
   WHEREAS, Establishing a relationship between El Salvador and
California would help achieve these goals, and would stimulate and
facilitate additional mutually beneficial  exchanges in
cities such as Los Angeles and San Salvador   exchanges
 ; and
   WHEREAS, El Salvador is committed to developing a cooperative
relationship with California; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature of the State of California,
on behalf of the people of the State of California, hereby extends an
invitation to the people of El Salvador to join California and
commit to the development of programs to foster social, economic,
educational, scientific, and cultural programs in order to strengthen
the democratization process and economic development of El Salvador
and to promote economic ties and improve international understanding
and goodwill; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President of  the  El
Salvador  , President Barack Obama,  and the Governor of
California.