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THIRD READING
Bill No: SJR 25
Author: Harman (R), et al.
Amended: As introduced
Vote: 21
SUBJECT : The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution urges the California delegates
of Congress to protect the Los Alamitos Joint Forces
Training Base during any upcoming base realignment and
closure processes.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1. United States Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta,
recently released the 2013 fiscal year defense budget
proposal which includes a request for new base closures.
2. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base might be
under consideration for closure in the 2013 or 2015
closure periods.
3. The mission of the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training
Base is to operate a military installation and airfield
which provides support and training facilities for
military units, and other federal, state, and local
organizations to include in emergency operations.
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4. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base includes
the Alamitos Army Airfield, the largest Army airfield
operated by the National Guard in the country.
5. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is home to
the sole remaining military airfield in the greater Los
Angeles and Orange County area.
6. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is the
disaster support area for southern California, a
homeland security assembly platform and emergency
preparedness site.
7. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base is also
headquarters to units of the California National Guard's
40th Infantry Division and houses other guard and
reserve commands.
8. The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base provides
700 civilians, military personnel, and contractors with
work on base at all times.
9. Those 700 men and women's impact on the local,
regional, and state economies is immeasurable.
10.When reserve-component units are mobilized, more than
3,000 people, both military and civilian, report for
duty at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base.
11.The Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base has
numerous nonmilitary tenants whose missions contribute
to the overall health, safety, and economic vitality of
the greater Los Alamitos region, Orange County, and Los
Angeles County and includes the California Emergency
Management Agency's Southern California Regional
Headquarters.
12.Another base closure in California could have a
devastating impact on the nation's security.
13.The impact of the closure in the Los Alamitos Joint
Forces Training Base goes beyond the employment of the
base personnel, impacting small local businesses,
schools, sales and property tax bases of the local
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community, the environment, the hospitality industry,
the housing market, and the local, regional, and state
economies.
This resolution urges the California delegates of Congress
to protect the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base
during any upcoming base realignment and closure processes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
CTW:do 6/18/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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