California and Baja California Officials Meet to Strengthen Infrastructure and Operational Improvements At Border Crossings.Business Editors/Government Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2002 Officials in California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Baja California Baja California, state, Mexico Baja California (Span.: bä`hä kälēfōr`nyä), state (1990 pop. 1,660,855), 27,628 sq mi (71,576 sq km), NW Mexico, on the Baja California peninsula. Mexicali is the capital. met today address infrastructure and operational improvements at the border crossings between the two states. Recognizing the critical role that local, federal and private sector representatives play in the border region, state officials plan to seek the participation of these representatives in a collaborative effort to make cross-border transportation faster and safer. "The Governor has said there is no relationship more important to California than Mexico," said Maria Contreras-Sweet, Secretary of the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BTH). "To that end, BTH is working to facilitate bi-national cooperation with our counterparts in Baja California on border infrastructure improvement, goods movement and security." The meeting was attended by high-level state officials that included George Vinson, State Security Advisor to Governor Gray Davis; Secretary Contreras-Sweet; Arturo Espinoza, Secretary of Baja California Human Settlements and Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. (SAHOPE SAHOPE Secretaria de Asentamientos Humanos Y Obras Publicas del Estado (Spanish: State Secretariat for Human Housing and Public Works) ); and SAHOPE Subsecretary Sergio Montes mon·tes n. Plural of mons. . |
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