Bill Text: CA SCR6 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Santa Fe, Argentina: sister state relationship.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 48-25-1)

Status: (Passed) 2015-07-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 91, Statutes of 2015. [SCR6 Detail]

Download: California-2015-SCR6-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SCR 6	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  91
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 6, 2015
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2015
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 29, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Monning
   (Coauthors: Senators Fuller, Hancock, Hueso, and Huff)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen,
Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Grove, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, and Wood)

                        JANUARY 12, 2015

   Relative to a sister state relationship with Santa Fe, Argentina.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCR 6, Monning. Santa Fe, Argentina: sister state relationship.
   The measure would express the intent and commitment of the state
to enter into a sister state relationship with the Province of Santa
Fe, Argentina.



   WHEREAS, The United States-Argentina relations have grown and
strengthened since the United States government formally recognized
the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, the predecessor to
Argentina, on January 27, 1823; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California and the Province of Santa Fe,
through reciprocal legislative exchanges, have cultivated a strong
bilateral relationship based on shared interests that include higher
education, trade, investments, and agriculture; and
   WHEREAS, Both regions stress the importance of education and
acknowledge the pivotal role universities play in advancing
scientific knowledge. The relationship between the National
University of Rosario and the University of California, Berkeley, has
already enhanced academic interconnectivity; and
   WHEREAS, Santa Fe has numerous emerging markets that are a
potential hub for California investment and trade opportunities; and
   WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California both have a reputation for being
major gateways for import and export due to world class shipping
centers and railroad terminals. Outreach to the Ports of Oakland and
Los Angeles was conducted on behalf of the Port of Rosario during the
previous Santa Fe legislative delegation's visit; and
   WHEREAS, A sister state relationship between Santa Fe and
California would promote the likelihood of mutually beneficial joint
research projects between universities and businesses of the two
regions; and
   WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California have temperate climates and
fertile ground conducive to agriculture and the two regions have
capitalized on these conditions to create prolific export-oriented
agricultural sectors with dairy being a key component to both; and
   WHEREAS, Santa Fe and California face many of the same challenges,
such as the need for substantial new investment in infrastructure
and the need for sustainable energy solutions; and
   WHEREAS, The government of the Province of Santa Fe has
enthusiastically pursued the deepening of ties with California
through periodic legislative visits and the enactment of a
proclamation in support of a sister state relationship; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature commit to formalizing the
sister state relationship between the Province of Santa Fe in
Argentina and the State of California; and be it further
   Resolved, That it is the intent of the Legislature through a
sister state relationship with the Province of Santa Fe to encourage
and facilitate social, economic, scientific, educational, and
cultural exchanges to further promote the prosperity of both regions
and to improve international understanding and goodwill between both
regions; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for distribution.