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          Bill No:  AB 2358
          Author:   Hagman (R), et al.
          Amended:  8/14/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM.  :  12-0, 6/26/12
          AYES:  Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella, 
            Corbett, De León, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters, Wyland, 
            Yee
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Evans
           
          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  61-0, 5/25/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Ronald Reagan Statue

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes the Ronald Reagan 
          Centennial Capitol Foundation (Foundation), in consultation 
          with the Department of Finance (DOF), to plan a statue of 
          Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol Building Annex.  This 
          bill requires the Department of General Services (DGS) and 
          the Foundation to approve the design and any other aspect 
          of the statue.  This bill requires that the planning, 
          construction, and maintenance of the statue be funded with 
          private donations through the Foundation.  This bill 
          prohibits construction of the statue until the Joint Rules 
          Committee has approved and adopted the plan for the statue, 
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          and the Joint Rules Committee and the DOF have determined 
          that sufficient private funding is available to construct 
          and maintain the statue.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing law:

          1. Establishes the State Capitol Park as a unit of the 
             state park system.  The State Capitol Park is part of 
             the Capitol Historic Region of the state park system, 
             which also includes the State Capitol Museum and several 
             other historic state park units.  The State Capitol Park 
             is a unit of the state park system but is managed by the 
             DGS. 

          2. Creates the DGS and gives DGS general authority for 
             planning, acquisition and maintenance of state buildings 
             and properties.

          This bill: 

          1. Authorizes the Foundation, in consultation with the DOF, 
             to plan a statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol 
             Building Annex. 

          2. Requires DOF, in consultation with the Foundation, to 
             review preliminary designs, ensure American with 
             Disabilities Act compliance, review and approve 
             California Environmental Quality Act documents, review 
             final construction documents, prepare the right-of-entry 
             permit as specified, prepare a maintenance agreement, 
             and inspect the construction performed by the contractor 
             selected by the Foundation. 

          3. Requires the Foundation, if it elects to undertake 
             responsibility for construction of the statue, to, in 
             consultation with DOF, establish a schedule, solicit 
             designs, and establish a program for the dedication of 
             the statue. 

          4. Requires the design and all other aspects of the statue 
             to be approved by DOF and the Foundation.


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          5. Prohibits construction of the statue until the Joint 
             Rules Committee has approved and adopted the plan for 
             the statue, and the Joint Rules Committee and the DOF 
             have determined that sufficient private funding is 
             available to construct and maintain the statue. 

          6. Requires that the planning, construction and maintenance 
             of the statue be funded exclusively through private 
             donations to the Foundation. 

          7. Requires the Foundation, if it elects to undertake 
             responsibility for construction of the statue, to sign a 
             maintenance agreement with the state to maintain the 
             statue with private contributions.

          The author has introduced this bill to honor President 
          Ronald Reagan.  The author states that "President Ronald 
          Reagan is an American icon who spent the beginning of his 
          political career making decisions in the California State 
          Capitol.  President Reagan remains one of the most 
          influential leaders in both our state and country's history 
          and deserves to be honored for his significant political 
          presence in California's Capitol.  In state capitols across 
          the country, memorials stand in tribute to past presidents. 
           President Jimmy Carter welcomes guests at Georgia's 
          capitol; Lyndon B. Johnson stands tall at the Texas capitol 
          in Austin; and John F. Kennedy is presented in front of 
          Boston's state house.  There have been forty-four United 
          States presidents, and precisely one of them has lived in 
          Sacramento and governed the state of California.  The 
          fortieth president of the United States deserves to be 
          honored with a statue in the golden state's capitol.  AB 
          2358 is an important step toward honoring the only governor 
          of California to become president of the United States." 

          This bill is similar to other existing statutes giving 
          authority for construction of other memorials in the State 
          Capitol Park.  Other authorized memorials include a Crime 
          Victims Memorial, a Purple Heart Memorial, a California 
          Search and Rescue Volunteers Memorial, and a Genocide 
          Survivors Memorial.  Each of these authorizing statutes, 
          like this bill, makes construction of the memorial 
          contingent on receipt of private funding.


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           Prior/Related Legislation
           
          AB 767 (John A. Perez) would have created the "State 
          Capitol Sustainability Task Force" consisting of 
          seven-members (two each appointed by the Speaker of the 
          Assembly, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Governor and 
          one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor) to develop and 
          implement a sustainability initiative for the State Capitol 
          Building, the Legislative Office Building and the State 
          Capitol Park grounds.  The bill was vetoed.

          AB 1652 (Olsen, 2012) authorizes the construction and 
          maintenance of a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region to 
          honor California American Portuguese veterans.  The bill is 
          in the Assembly Unfinished Business file.

          AB 1911 (Garrick), Chapter 121, Statutes of 2010, 
          established, until January 1, 2012, the Ronald Reagan 
          Centennial Commission in state government to celebrate the 
          100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth.  Also, required 
          the Commission to recommend appropriate means to allow 
          Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life by honoring, 
          promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state 
          and country.  Additionally, prohibited the Commission from 
          using public funds. 

          SB 963 (Strickland, 2010) would have authorized the 
          construction of a memorial statue to Ronald Reagan in the 
          Capitol Historic Region and would have required that the 
          planning, construction, and maintenance of the memorial be 
          funded solely through private donations.  The bill was held 
          in Senate Rules Committee.

          AB 2871 (Tran, 2008) would have created, until January 1, 
          2016, an 11-member "California Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
          and American Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission" to plan 
          and implement activities to be carried out in the state in 
          observance of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth 
          (in 2009) and the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.  The 
          bill was vetoed by the Governor whose message read as 
          follows, "The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State 
          Budget has forced me to prioritize the bills sent to my 
          desk at the end of the year's legislative session.  Given 
          the delay, I am only signing bills that are the highest 

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          priority for California.  This bill does not meet that 
          standard and I cannot sign it at this time." 

          SJR 3 (Hollingsworth), Chapter 143, Statutes of 2006, 
          memorialized Congress to place a statue of former President 
          Ronald Reagan next to the statue of Father Junipero Serra 
          in the Congressional collection representing California.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/21/12)

          California Republican Party
          Elmets Communications
          Former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III
          Michael Reagan, President, Ronald Reagan Legacy Foundation
          Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
          Tehama County Republican Party



           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  61-0, 5/25/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, 
            Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, 
            Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth 
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gorell, Hagman, 
            Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, 
            Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, 
            Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Morrell, Nestande, 
            Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, 
            Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, 
            Williams, Yamada
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bill 
            Berryhill, Cedillo, Fletcher, Gordon, Grove, Hall, 
            Knight, Lara, Ma, Monning, Perea, Silva, Skinner, 
            Wieckowski, John A. Pérez


          DLW:k  8/21/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE


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