SJR 25 Summary

• Urges California's congressional delegates to protect Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base from closure during upcoming base realignment and closure (BRAC) processes in 2013 or 2015

• Identifies the base as the largest Army airfield operated by the National Guard in the country and the sole remaining military airfield in the greater Los Angeles and Orange County area

• Notes the base employs approximately 700 civilian and military personnel at all times, with over 3,000 people reporting for duty when reserve-component units are mobilized

• Highlights the base's critical role as a disaster support area for southern California, homeland security platform, emergency preparedness site, and headquarters for California National Guard's 40th Infantry Division units

• Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to the Secretary of Defense, Congressional leadership, and all California members of Congress