The U.S. state government of California maintains intergovernmental relations with other U.S. states and subnational governments outside of the United States.
Domestic intergovernmental relations
Interstate relations
The state government maintains several interstate compacts and executive agreements with other U.S. states.
California is a part to the Colorado River Compact which governs water distribution among the seven states which share the drainage basin of the Colorado River.
Relations with indigenous communities
California is home to 109 federally recognized tribes in the state and over forty self-identified tribes or tribal bands that have applied for federal recognition.
Foreign relations
Pan-Californian relations
California shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. California is a member of the Commission of the Californias, a tri-lateral forum for cooperation with the Mexican states of Baja California and Baja California Sur.Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the State of California of the United States of America and the Government of the State of Baja California and the Government of the State of Baja California Sur of the United Mexican States for the Establishment of the Commission of the Californias
Trade offices
The Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, formerly the California Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, maintains trade offices and coordinates business relations between the state government of California and governments abroad on a paradiplomatic basis.
List of sister states The following is a list of sister-state relationships maintained by California through legislative resolutions or executive order. +JurisdictionNationYearType of agreementRef.TaiwanRepublic of China1983Jiangsu ProvinceChina1985CataloniaSpain1986South KoreaSouth Korea1987Friendship State RelationshipQuerétaroMexico1988Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurFrance1990Khanty-Mansi Autonomous OkrugRussia1994Osaka PrefectureJapan1994Cooperation AgreementAltai RepublicRussia1995UmbriaItaly1995Special Region of YogyakartaIndonesia1995South Chungcheong ProvinceSouth Korea1996AlbertaCanada1997New South WalesAustralia1997San Salvador DepartmentEl Salvador1998Baja CaliforniaMexico1999Cairo GovernorateEgypt1999Inner MongoliaChina1999Friendship State RelationshipParaná (state)Brazil1999Western CapeSouth Africa2000JaliscoMexico2000PunjabIndia2001GujaratIndia2001AzoresPortugal2002Baja California SurMexico2002Jeju ProvinceSouth Korea2005GuangdongChina2014Santa Fe ProvinceArgentina2015NayaritMexico2017Baden-WürttembergGermany2018Syunik ProvinceArmenia2022Punjab, PakistanPakistan2022BulacanPhilippines2023Lviv OblastUkraine2024
International Consular missions in California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Immigration affairs In 2015, Governor Jerry Brown created the office of Governor's Statewide Director of Immigration Integration, followed in 2022 by Governor Gavin Newsom's creation of the Council on Immigrant Integration and Talent, an interagency council.
See also :Category:Intergovernmental agreements of California Paradiplomacy
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