Defense Base Closure

This paper will discuss the closure of the Naval Training Center (NTC) at San Diego and the redevelopment of the site for civilian use. The first part of the paper will describe the history of military base closures in the Twentieth Century, focusing upon the laws and regulations which were enacted during the 1970s and 1980s to facilitate the closing of military bases during times of military spending cutbacks. The second part of the paper will discuss some of the impacts of base closures and the federal agencies which were created to help communities minimize these adverse effects. The third part, and main focus, of the paper will examine the closing of the NTC, describing the reasons for its closure, the reuse planning process as it applies to the NTC closure, and the economic implications of the closure to the San Diego region. The main emphasis will be on the economic implications and the possible solutions to these problems.

The intent of this study will be to examine the base closure process and how it will affect San Diego with regard to the closure of NTC. The federal laws and regulations concerning base closures were enacted because communities feared the closure of nearby military bases; they felt that the Department of Defense gave little consideration to the effects closures had on communities and that the federal gover

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because California is the most populous state and has benefited the most from the military buildups in the Twentieth Century. It was estimated that the 1991 round would cost California 27,000 military and civilian jobs, mostly from the closure of Fort Ord (Efforts to Block Base Closures Fail, 1991, p. 427). The 1993 round, however, was much more severe. The Defense Department recommendation that more than 150 facilities be closed or cutback (including 31 major facilities) would result in the loss of more than 57,000 civilian jobs and 24,000 military jobs (Palmer, March 20, 1991, pp. 679-80). The Commission scaled this back by only four major facilities. Observers eventually estimated that the 1993 round of base closings will cost California alone 33,000 civilian jobs directly and some 70,000 jobs indirectly (Bornemeier, July 3, 1993, p.?). Because some units and functions would be consolidated at other bases, some communities would realize a net increase in jobs; these increases, however, would be less than the job losses at closed facilities (Palmer, March 13, 1993, p. 616). The base closing which is the focus of this paper, the Naval Training Center in San Diego, will likely have a significant effect on employment in San
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Approximate Word count = 10155
Approximate Pages = 41 (250 words per page)

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