Amended in Assembly June 29, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6

Introduced by Senator Monning

(Coauthors: Senators Fuller, Hancock, Hueso, and Huff)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Grove, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

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January 12, 2015

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 6—Relative to a sister state relationship with Santa Fe, Argentina.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 6, as amended, Monning. Santa Fe, Argentina: sister state relationship.

The measure would express the intent and commitment of the state to enter into a sister state relationship with the Province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

Fiscal committee: no.

WHEREAS, The United States-Argentina relations have grown
and strengthened since the United States government formally
recognized the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, the
predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823; and

WHEREAS, The State of California and the Province of Santa
Fe, through reciprocal legislative exchanges, have cultivated a
strong bilateral relationship based on shared interests that include
higher education, trade, investments, and agriculture; and

WHEREAS, Both regions stress the importance of education
and acknowledge the pivotal role universities play in advancing
scientific knowledge. The relationship between the National
University of Rosario and the University of California, Berkeley,
has already enhanced academic interconnectivity; and

WHEREAS, Santa Fe has numerous emerging markets that are
a potential hub for California investment and trade opportunities;
and

WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California both have a reputation for
being major gateways for import and export due to world class
shipping centers and railroad terminals. Outreach to the Ports of
Oakland and Los Angeles was conducted on behalf of the Port of
Rosario during the previous Santa Fe legislative delegation’s visit;
and

WHEREAS, A sister state relationship between Santa Fe and
California would promote the likelihood of mutually beneficial
joint research projects between universities and businesses of the
two regions; and

WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California have temperate climates
and fertile ground conducive to agriculture and the two regions
have capitalized on these conditions to create prolific
export-oriented agricultural sectors with dairy being a key
component to both; and

WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California face many of the same
challenges, such as the need for substantial new investment in
infrastructure and the need for sustainable energy solutions; and

WHEREAS, The government of the Province of Santa Fe has
enthusiastically pursued the deepening of ties with California
through periodic legislative visits and the enactment of a
proclamation in support of a sister state relationship; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature commit to formalizing
the sister state relationship between the Province of Santa Fe in
Argentina and the State of California; and be it further

Resolved, That it is the intent of the Legislature through a sister
state relationship with the Province of Santa Fe to encourage and
facilitate social, economic, scientific, educational, and cultural
exchanges to further promote the prosperity of both regions and
to improve international understanding and goodwill between both
regions; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for distribution.