BILL NUMBER: ACR 149	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Bass)

                        APRIL 5, 2010

   Relative to the Kevin Murray Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 149, as introduced, Hall. Kevin Murray Highway.
   This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route
405 between State Highway Route 10 and State Highway Route 90 in the
County of Los Angeles as the Kevin Murray Highway. The measure would
request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost for
appropriate signs showing this designation and, upon receiving
donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those
signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray was first elected to the California
Legislature in 1994, as a representative of the 47th Assembly
District; and
   WHEREAS, After serving two terms in the Assembly, Kevin Murray was
elected to the State Senate, as a representative of the 26th Senate
District; his final term in that district expired on November 30,
2006; and
   WHEREAS, The 26th Senate District is one of California's most
culturally and economically diverse areas, encompassing 56 square
miles within Los Angeles County and with a population of
approximately 850,000; and
   WHEREAS, The 26th Senate District includes Culver City and the Los
Angeles communities of Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Vista, Beverlywood,
Carthay Circle, Century City, the Crenshaw District, Hancock Park,
Hollywood, Hyde Park, Jefferson Park, Ladera Heights, Lafayette
Square, Larchmont, Liemert Park, Los Feliz, Miracle Mile, South
Central Los Angeles, View Park, West Los Angeles, and Windsor Hills,
among others; and
   WHEREAS, As an Assembly Member, Kevin Murray served in a number of
prominent roles, including the Chair of the Assembly Committee on
Transportation, Assistant Democratic Floor Leader, Majority Whip, a
member of the powerful Assembly Committee on Rules, as well as a
member of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce; and
   WHEREAS, Throughout his career, Kevin Murray has been a champion
in the areas of solar energy; consumer privacy; urban parks; economic
development; women's, senior, and civil rights; health care access;
and transportation; and
   WHEREAS, In 2006, Kevin Murray authored Senate Bill 1, the
landmark "Million Solar Roofs" bill providing over 3 billion dollars
to expand the use of solar energy in California; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray was instrumental in crafting Proposition 12
and Proposition 40, two measures approved by voters that provided 4.6
billion dollars for state and local parks programs; and
   WHEREAS, These propositions created the Murray-Hayden Urban Parks
Youth Services Program and the Baldwin Hills Conservancy and funded
the development and maintenance of new urban parks, youth facilities,
and athletic fields throughout the state; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray was one of the first legislators in the
country to identify and address the need to protect consumers on the
Internet. He led a forceful effort to stop Internet-related crime by
crafting a number of first-in-the-nation laws to protect consumers
from identity theft, e-mail spam, and Internet spyware; and
   WHEREAS, In 2006, Kevin Murray served as Chair of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, the Select Committee on the
Entertainment Industry, and the Subcommittee on Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray served as Chair of the California
Legislative Black Caucus, the Senate Democratic Caucus, the Senate
Committee on Transportation and Housing, and the Senate Committee on
Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray also served on the following Senate
Committees: Banking, Finance and Insurance; Energy, Utilities and
Communications; the Joint Committee on Rules; and the Joint Committee
on Legislative Budget; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to serving in the Legislature, Kevin Murray
operated his own law practice and worked as a talent agent at the
William Morris Agency; and
   WHEREAS, Kevin Murray holds a Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law
School, a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Loyola
Marymount University, and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business
Administration and Accounting from California State University,
Northridge; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of State Highway Route 405 between State Highway Route 10 and
State Highway Route 90 in the County of Los Angeles as the Kevin
Murray Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering the cost, to erect those signs; 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.