BILL NUMBER: ACR 135	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  89
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JUNE 27, 2002
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 24, 2002
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 15, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Strickland
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Jackson, Pavley, and Richman)
   (Coauthors:  Senators McClintock and O'Connell)

                        JANUARY 18, 2002

   Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 135--Relative to highways.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 135, Strickland.  Ventura County Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Highway:  Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate that portion of State Highway Route 1
located in Ventura County as the "Ventura County Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Highway" and that portion of State Highway Route 126 between
the City of Santa Paula and State Highway Route 101 as the "Korean
War Veterans' Memorial Highway." The measure also would request the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate
plaques and markers showing these special designations and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those plaques and markers and signs.




   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 1 is a north-south highway, spanning
most of California, from the City of San Juan Capistrano to Mendocino
County; and
   WHEREAS, A portion of State Highway Route 1 passes through Ventura
County; and
   WHEREAS, State Highway Route 1 has a strong historical
significance for the military personnel of the Vietnam War era as it
passes beside the United States Naval Weapons Station at Seal Beach,
the United States Coast Guard Headquarters at Long Beach, Vandenberg
Air Force Base, Point Mugu Naval Weapons Station, the United States
Coast Guard Station at Oxnard, the Ventura County Naval Base, Camp
San Luis Obispo Military Reserve, the Ventura County California Air
National Guard Base, the United States Naval Reservation at Monterey,
and Fort Hunter Liggett, from which military personnel were trained
and dispatched to Vietnam; and
   WHEREAS, The State of California has the largest United States
veteran population in the nation, comprised of some 3.3 million armed
services veterans and representing 12.3 percent of the nationwide
veteran population of nearly 27 million; and
   WHEREAS, More than 350,000 California veterans served in the
Vietnam War, which resulted in 40,000 of them being wounded and 5,822
killed or missing in action, representing more than 10 percent of
the nation's total casualties; and
   WHEREAS, More California residents died in the Vietnam War than
residents of any other state, and more Californians received the
Medal of Honor, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart than veterans
of any other state; and
   WHEREAS, The residents of Ventura County wish to express their
gratitude and appreciation for the sacrifices these Vietnam veterans
have made for their country; and
   WHEREAS, It is fitting and proper that State Highway Route 1 in
Ventura County be designated as the Ventura County Vietnam Veterans
Memorial Highway and that the portion of State Highway Route 126
between the City of Santa Paula and State Highway Route 101 be
designated as the Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway ; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates that
portion of State Highway Route 1 located in Ventura County as the
Ventura County Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway and that portion of
State Highway Route 126 between the City of Santa Paula and State
Highway Route 101 as the Korean War Veterans' Memorial Highway ; and
be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate plaques and markers, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system, showing
these special designations, and upon receiving donations from
nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those
plaques and markers; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.