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THIRD READING
Bill No: SR 50
Author: De León (D), Allen (D), Beall (D), Block (D), Hall
(D), Hernandez (D), Hill (D), Hueso (D), Lara (D),
Leyva (D), Mendoza (D), Mitchell (D), Monning (D), Pan
(D), and Pavley (D)
Introduced:9/4/15
Vote: Majority
SUBJECT: California-Mexico relations
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution states that the Senate agrees to
cooperate with its best efforts to encourage active
participation between the Senate and the government of Mexico in
meetings with the government of Mexico for the purpose of
presenting and discussing programs, projects, and legislation
addressing the circumstances described in this resolution.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin De León, on July 29, 2015,
signed a letter of cooperation with Luis Miguel Gerónimo
Barbosa Huerta, President of the Senate of the Honorable
Congress of Mexico, setting forth their mutual intent to
establish ongoing mechanisms for collaboration to tackle
shared problems and needs between Mexico and California in
appreciation of their governments' historical bonds and rising
commercial exchanges.
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2)No fewer than 11.5 million individuals of Mexican origin live
in California and have been benefited from state laws sharing
various benefits of life in California, including, but not
limited to, education, health, legal assistance, and the
issuance of state driver's licenses and professional work
licenses, regardless of the documented status of those
individuals.
3)In recent years, the rising number of Mexicans deported from
the U.S. to Mexico has led to grave consequences for
vulnerable populations, including, among others, minors born
in the U.S. who face barriers accessing the child welfare and
education systems without their parents.
4)The governments of California and Mexico are actively handling
the challenge of ensuring that minors impacted by their
parents' return to Mexico are expeditiously placed in schools
under the best circumstances possible.
5)A rising number of studies conducted by both the federal
government of the U.S. and Mexico focus on better
understanding the barriers to the reinsertion of migrant
minors and young people into the school system and propose
solutions to ensure educational opportunities for this
vulnerable population.
6)Climate change and air pollution cause severe harm to public
health and the environment, and these effects equally flow
between the borders of Mexico, California, and the rest of the
U.S.
7)The economic benefits and job creation resulting from the
development and use of clean energy and energy efficient
machinery have been proven by experts at the University of
California and the National Autonomous University of Mexico.
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8)California and Mexico are rich in clean energy and resources
that help mitigate climate change, including, among others,
wind and solar energy.
This resolution states that the Senate agrees to cooperate with
its best efforts to encourage between the Senate and the
government of Mexico all of the following:
1) Sharing methods to measure the scope of the problems faced
by minors who, because they are migrants, do not have access
to education.
2) Sharing success stories regarding reinsertion of migrant
minors into the school system.
3) Promoting the importance of safeguarding biculturalism as a
value that contributes to the formation of human capital.
4) Providing psychological and emotional support and other
necessary services to migrant minors.
5) Producing programs to train bilingual teachers.
6) Updating mechanisms for bilingual cooperation, including,
among others, the Binational Migrant Education Program,
"PROBEM," and the Binational Migrant Education Teacher
Exchange Program.
7) Exchanging information on public health, the environment,
the economy in the border region, and the regional impacts of
climate change, air pollution, and other important effects of
greenhouse gases.
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8) Establishing and coordinating technological exchanges
regarding clean energy and fuels, improved energy efficiency,
and other key elements of programs promoting the reduction of
greenhouse gas effects and increasing investment in clean
energy.
9) Promoting partnerships to expand and deepen regional
cooperation for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas
effects and pollution.
10)Encouraging academic cooperation and the exchange of
information to better document the impact of climate change
and the actions needed to adapt to this impact on both sides
of the border.
11)Promoting crossborder investment to increase the use of
clean energy and cleaner transportation options.
12)Recommending legislation, in both California and Mexico, to
address the circumstances described in this resolution.
This resolution further states that the Senate shall actively
participate in meetings with the government of Mexico for the
purpose of presenting and discussing programs, projects, and
legislation addressing the circumstances described in this
resolution by designating representatives of the Senate to
attend those meetings and report the resulting recommendations
to the Senate. Authorizes the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate to select the Senators who will attend meetings with the
government of Mexico and report the results to the Senate.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified9/9/15)
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None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified9/9/15)
None received
Prepared by:Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
9/9/15 20:55:19
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