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THIRD READING
Bill No: AJR 46
Author: Block (D)
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 8/20/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Operation San Diego
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution states support for the advocacy
efforts of Operation San Diego to promote to Congress and
the President the importance of military spending in the
San Diego region and its impact on the economy and to
advocate the importance of maintaining strong, continued
military spending in the San Diego region.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1.The Legislature fully supports the advocacy efforts of
Operation San Diego to promote to Congress and the
President the importance of military spending in the San
Diego region and its impact on the economy and to
advocate the importance of maintaining strong, continued
military spending in the San Diego region.
2.The Legislature urges Congress and the President to adopt
an alternative plan to sequestration that will preserve
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and grow the San Diego region's military assets.
3.Directs the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to transmit
copies of this resolution to the President and Vice
President of the United States, to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, to the Majority Leader of the
Senate, to each Senator and Representative from
California in the Congress of the United States, and to
the author for appropriate distribution.
Comments
According to the author:
The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San
Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation,
CONNECT, the San Diego Military Advisory Council, and
other local business and military groups have formed
"Operation San Diego" to highlight the potential
impacts of the United States Department of Defense
spending cuts and to develop and sustain a
comprehensive regionwide strategy to protect and grow
the San Diego region's military assets.
The San Diego Regional Economic Development
Corporation estimates that 31,000 jobs in the San
Diego region could be lost as a result of cuts to the
United States Department of Defense budget.
These cuts and immediate job losses will have
long-range effects, including decreased consumer
spending due to new economic uncertainty, loss of
research and development investment in innovative
technologies in San Diego and the state, and added
disruption to the United States economy at a critical
point in our economic recovery at all levels?
These cuts and immediate job losses will severely
impact the San Diego region's struggling economy?
It is likely that on January 2, 2013, the U.S. Department
of Defense (DoD) budget will be drastically reduced. The
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
set deficit targets. That law stipulated that if spending
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exceeded the specified targets, a process known as
sequester would go into effect. Last August, as part of a
negotiated deal, Congress agreed on $900 billion in
spending cuts and the creation of the Joint Select
Committee on Deficit Reduction (the "supercommittee"). The
supercommittee was directed to create a plan for $1.2
trillion more in deficit cuts over a decade. If the
supercommittee failed, or if Congress rejected the panel's
recommendation, automatic spending cuts would start January
2, 2013.
Because of the failure of the congressional supercommittee
to agree on a deficit reduction plan, the 2011 Budget
Control Act automatically cuts about $500 billion from the
defense budget. These cuts fall on top of $487 billion in
DoD reductions.
Whether or not a strategy will emerge to avoid
sequestration and if not, what the effects of sequestration
will be are speculative at this point. However, sending a
strong message and taking a position of vigilance and
concern about the DoD budget is wise in the face of so much
uncertainty.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-0, 8/20/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter,
Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Eng,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey,
Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones,
Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor,
Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen,
Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Butler, Donnelly, Furutani,
Gorell, Halderman, Roger Hern�ndez, Monning, Norby,
Wieckowski
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JJA:n 8/21/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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