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THIRD READING
Bill No: SJR 24
Author: Harman (R), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the California delegates
of the Congress of the United States to protect the Naval
Weapons Station Seal Beach during any upcoming base
realignment and closure processes.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. U.S. Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, recently
released the 2013 fiscal year defense budget proposal
which includes a request for new base closures.
2. The Naval Weapons Station located at Seal Beach in the
County of Orange might be under consideration for
closure in the 2013 or 2015 closure periods.
3. The mission of the Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is
to provide shore-based infrastructure support to the
Navy's ordnance mission and other fleet and fleet
support activities.
4. The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is the U.S. Navy's
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primary West Coast ordnance storage, loading, and
maintenance installation in which the Navy's Pacific
Fleet is serviced and armed.
5. The next closest weapons station with a port facility is
Naval Magazine Indian Island in the County of Jefferson
in Washington State, approximately 1,000 miles away.
6. The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach provides 600
civilians with work and retains 200 servicemen and
servicewomen on base at all times.
7. The impact of those 800 men and women on the local,
regional, and state economies is immeasurable.
8. The Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach includes the Seal
Beach National Wildlife Refuge, a 920-acre salt marsh.
9. The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge provides
essential habitats for three endangered species,
including the light-footed clapper rail, the California
least tern, and the Belding's Savanna sparrow. The
refuge becomes an ever more vital resource to dwindling
populations of native plants and animals in light of
urban sprawl and population growth which results in the
loss and degradation of wildlife habitats.
10.Another base closure in California could have a
devastating impact on the nation's security.
11.The impact of the closure of the Naval Weapons Station
Seal Beach goes beyond the employment of the base
personnel, impacting small local businesses, schools,
sales and property tax bases of the local community, the
environment, the hospitality industry, the housing
market, and the local, regional, and state economies.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:k 6/15/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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