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          SENATE THIRD READING


          SJR  
          22 (Hueso)


          As Introduced  March 16, 2016


          Majority vote


          SENATE VOTE:  37-0


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          |Committee       |Votes|Ayes                  |Noes                |
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          |Jobs            |9-0  |Eduardo Garcia, Kim,  |                    |
          |                |     |Achadjian, Brough,    |                    |
          |                |     |Brown, Chau, Chu,     |                    |
          |                |     |Gipson, Irwin         |                    |
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          SUMMARY:  Memorializes the California Legislature's support for  
          the final federal funding to complete the Calexico West Land  
          Port of Entry expansion and reconfiguration project.   
          Specifically, this bill:   
          1)Makes declarations as to the value of the enhanced port of  
            entry, as follows:
             a)   Traffic congestion and delays at the borders of the  
               Counties of San Diego and Imperial cost the economies of  








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               the United States (U.S.) and Mexico an estimated $8.63  
               billion in gross output and more than 73,900 jobs in 2007.   

             b)   Completion of the reconfiguration and expansion of  
               Calexico West Land Port is anticipated to improve domestic  
               supply chains, strengthen national security, reduce the  
               Port's carbon footprint, and facilitate economic growth,  
               not only for the County of Imperial and California, but for  
               the entire nation;  


             c)   The completion of this project guarantees the economic  
               activity of the border will not be lost.  On an average  
               day, 15,000 to 20,000 privately operated vehicles and  
               nearly 20,000 pedestrians enter the U.S. through the  
               Calexico Land Port of Entry; and


             d)   Mexico is currently California's second largest goods  
               trading partner with almost $72 billion in two-way trade of  
               goods during 2015, with goods exports that totaled $26.8  
               billion and goods imports that totaled $45 billion.  


          2)Makes declarations as to the funding of the port of entry  
            project, as follows:
             a)   The Obama Administration included $248 million in  
               funding for Phase 2 of the Calexico West Land Port of Entry  
               reconfiguration and expansion project in the Financial  
               Services and General Government Appropriations bill is  
               proposed by the President's Fiscal Year 2017 Budget; and
             b)   Phase 2 will consist of the balance of the expansion of  
               the Calexico West Land Port, including additional site  
               work, an expanded pedestrian processing facility,  
               administrative offices, and six additional northbound  
               privately owned vehicle inspection lanes.


          3)Resolves that the California Senate and Assembly urge the U.S.  








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            Congress to appropriate $248 million in funding to complete  
            Phase 2 of the Calexico West Land Port of Entry  
            reconfiguration.  
          4)Resolves that the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of  
            this resolution to the U.S. President and Vice President and  
            to the leadership of the U.S. Senate and House of  
            Representatives.


          FISCAL EFFECT:  None


          POLICY ISSUE FRAME


          Mexico is California's largest trade partner with 99% of the  
          movement of goods being carried by trucks through California's  
          six land-based ports of entry.  The Calexico ports of entry  
          serve 15,000 to 20,000 northbound vehicles and 20,000 northbound  
          pedestrians a day.  These Imperial County-based ports of entry  
          play an important role in connecting the Mexicali industrial  
          base and other regions of Mexico to the mega-markets throughout  
          the U.S.  National, state, and regional evaluations have  
          concluded that the current Calexico West Ports of Entry  
          facilities are inadequate to meet growing traffic demand and are  
          obsolete in terms of inspector safety and border security.  


          President Barak Obama has included $248 million in the proposed  
          2017 federal budget to complete the final phase of the expanded  
          and reconfigured Calexico West Land Port of Entry.  This  
          resolution expresses the Legislature's support for these moneys.  
           The policy analysis includes information on the importance of  
          trade to the California economy, the need for infrastructure  
          investments to keep pace with global competitiveness, and  
          details on the Calexico project.   


          Analysis Prepared by:                          Toni Symonds /  








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