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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 102
Author: Coto (D), et al
Amended: 6/30/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 6-1, 6/15/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Kehoe, Pavley
NOES: Harman
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza, Simitian
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/19/10 (Consent) - See last page
for vote
SUBJECT : Joe Colla Interchange
SOURCE : Supervisor Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County
Board of
Supervisors
DIGEST : This resolution designates the interchange of
Interstate 680, Interstate 280, and State Route 101 in the
City of San Jose as the Joe Colla Interchange."
ANALYSIS : This resolution honors the life of Joe Colla,
who during the 1970s was a member of the San Jose City
Council, a bicycle racer, a promoter of bicycle races, and
a pharmacist. Councilman Colla became an urban legend when
he arranged for a helicopter to lift an automobile on top
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of an unfinished interchange intended to connect Interstate
680, Interstate 280 and U.S. Highway 101 in the City of San
Jose. Standing aside the car Councilmember Colla asked the
obvious question, "Where do I go from here?" The photo of
the dismembered interchange, referred to as the
"Interchange to Nowhere", was widely circulated in the
media and became an icon, summarizing California's
inability to address highway funding needs during a period
of oil embargoes and high inflation. In response to the
derision brought upon the state by Councilman Colla's
action, Senator Alfred Alquist from San Jose pushed,
shoved, and cajoled the Department of Transportation to
connect the interchanges to the freeways it was designed to
serve.
This resolution designates the interchange of Interstate
280, Interstate 680, and State Route 101 in San Jose as the
"Joe Colla Interchange." This resolution further requests
the Department of Transportation to erect appropriate signs
upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover
the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/28/10)
Supervisor Dave Cortese, Santa Clara County Board of
Supervisors (source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
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NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Davis, De La Torre, Norby, Torres,
Torrico, Vacancy
JJA:mw 6/29/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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