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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 82
Author: Hueso (D)
Amended: 6/4/14
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 37-0, 4/24/14 (Consent)
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara,
Leno, Lieu, Liu, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla,
Pavley, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 6/12/14
SUBJECT : Jalisco, Mexico: sister state relationship
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution recommits to formalizing the sister
state relationship between the State of Jalisco, Mexico, and
California.
Assembly Amendments add a legislative finding and make a
clarifying change.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.The State of California and the State of Jalisco, Mexico,
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share a mutually beneficial economic relationship that
includes trade, investments, and commerce in the areas of high
technology manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, and other
important industries.
2.In addition to the economic relationship, the people and
cultural heritage of the State of Jalisco have enriched art
and culture in the State of California in a variety of ways.
3.Generations of people from the State of Jalisco reside in the
State of California, belonging to numerous hometown
associations from the State of Jalisco and representing the
most populous Mexican community in the State of California.
4.The State of California and the State of Jalisco have
supported cooperative research by universities in California
and Jalisco to promote bilateral economic development and to
stimulate employment in Mexican immigrant-sending communities,
thereby providing mutual benefit to the people of the State of
California and the State of Jalisco.
5.Since the approval of ACR 183 (Firebaugh, Resolution Chapter
148, Statutes of 2000) which called for the establishment of a
sister state relationship with the State of Jalisco, many
delegates from the California Legislature have visited
Jalisco, as well as hosted delegations from Jalisco in
California in order to support the exchange of business and
culture.
This resolution recommits to formalizing the sister state
relationship between the State of Jalisco, Mexico, and
California for its mutually beneficial educational, economic,
and cultural exchanges.
Background
A sister state relationship is a formal declaration between two
regions, states, or nations. Such an agreement is a symbol of
mutual goodwill. Additionally, it is an effort to encourage and
facilitate mutually beneficial social, economic, educational,
and cultural exchanges.
While the California Legislature has proposed 24 sister state
relationships, it appears that few have actually been brought to
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fruition and, of those, there are no records of what actions
have been taken or the tracking of results of those actions.
Jalisco . Jalisco is located in the west central part of Mexico
including borders along the Pacific Ocean and seven other
Mexican states. The economy of the state accounted for 6.24% of
Mexico's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012. The main sectors
of the economy are trade at 21.3%; manufacturing at 18.8%;
financial services and real estate at 13.9% and construction at
9.1%. Together, they account for 63.1% of the state GDP.
Jalisco earns just under 6% of Mexico's foreign earnings from
tourism and employment from the various multinational
corporations located in the state exporting more than $5 billion
annually to 81 countries. It ranks first among the states in
agricultural products, electronics, telecommunications, and the
manufacturing of jewelry and is the second largest producer of
furniture, beef, sugar cane, and honey.
More people in California have roots in Jalisco than any other
state in Mexico. In fact, many of the things that Californians
consider typically Mexican, such as mariachi music, charreadas
(rodeos), the Mexican Hat Dance, tequila, and the broad-rimmed
sombrero hat, are all derived from Jalisco's cultural heritage
and are not necessarily typical of the culture of other Mexican
states. Jalisco is currently a sister state with the State of
Washington and Alberta, Canada.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
MW:d 6/12/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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