Gov. Code, § 13996.55

(a) The Director of the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development shall provide to the Legislature, not later than July 1, 2019, a strategy for international trade and investment that, at a minimum, includes all of the following:

(1) Policy goals, objectives, and recommendations necessary to implement a comprehensive international trade and investment program for the state. This information shall be provided in a fashion that clearly indicates priority within the overall strategy.

(2) Measurable outcomes and timelines for the goals, objectives, and actions for the international trade and investment program.

(3) Identification of impediments for achieving goals and objectives.

(4) Identification of key stakeholder partnerships that will be used in implementing the strategy.

(5) Identification of options for funding recommended actions.

(6) A current organizational structure for the state administration of international trade and investment policies, programs, and services. The organizational chart may include other state entities that are related to achieving the goals, objectives, and actions identified in the strategy.

(b) (1) The strategy shall be based on current and emerging market conditions and the needs of investors, businesses, and workers to be competitive in global markets.

(2) The strategy shall identify the process the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development will use to evaluate on an ongoing basis, as appropriate, current workforce, infrastructure, research and development, and other needs of small and large firms, including, but not limited to, highways, logistic hubs, and rail that link businesses with the state’s ports of entry and foreign and domestic markets.

(3) The strategy may, to the extent relevant and feasible, be based on existing studies and reports, including, but not limited to, the Goods Movement Action Plan, the California Strategic Workforce Development Plan, the California Export of Recycled Materials Report, the California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan, and the Environmental Goals and Policy Report.

(c) The strategy shall be submitted to the Chief Clerk of the Assembly and the Secretary of the Senate and a notice of its submittal shall be provided to the Speaker of the Assembly, the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and the chairs of the Assembly Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy and the Senate Committee on Business, Professions and Economic Development, or the successor committees with jurisdiction over international trade and economic development programs.

(d) The strategy shall be updated pursuant to the procedures of this section at least once every five years.