About the Office
The Office assists local communities throughout California to make the best possible case to the Department of Defense (DoD) for the retention of the state’s military facilities in the 2005 round of base closures. OMAS also provides leadership on statewide issues relating to military base retention and the aerospace industry. Specific efforts include:

• Enhancing DoD operational and training effectiveness throughout the state relative to encroachment, transportation, environmental compliance, housing, frequency management and air corridor space.
• Implementing both conversion and retention grant programs in support of communities adjunct to bases.
• Serving as the primary clearinghouse for all California-DoD issues
• Maximizing defense and aerospace industry contracts and jobs of benefit to California.
• Facilitating DoD-civilian partnerships involving federal, state, local and private sector members.
• Facilitating reduction of DoD infrastructure costs through joint-service mission presence, base energy co-generation projects, public-private ventures and privatization of base services.

• The state has the largest DoD presence with 36 major installations and more than 25 minor installations.
• DoD spending accounts for roughly $42 billion of the state’s economy – a greater figure than agriculture.
• The exceptional weather in California makes it one of the few places in the nation where military aircraft train year-round.
• California has the first (and only) FAA-licensed civilian space port, at the Mojave Airport in Kern County.

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