BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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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J., E.D., & E. / (916) 319-2090 FN:
0003541