BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: Scr 26
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: Blakeslee
VERSION: 4/25/11
Analysis by: Mark Stivers FISCAL: Yes
Hearing date: May 3, 2011
SUBJECT:
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates a portion of State Highway Route (SR)
1 in Santa Barbara County as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
The person being honored must have provided extraordinary
public service or some exemplary contribution to the public
good and have a connection to the community where the highway
is located;
The person being honored must be deceased;
The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources;
The author or co-author of the measure must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the measure
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named;
If the segment of highway is being named for a specific
individual or individuals, it must not exceed five miles in
length;
The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition; and
The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good faith
effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the prior
designation.
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This resolution designates the portion of SR 1 in the City of
Guadalupe as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. This
resolution further requests the Department of Transportation to
erect appropriate signs only upon receiving donations from
non-state sources sufficient to cover the cost.
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose of the resolution . By naming a portion of SR 1 for
Vietnam veterans, this resolution seeks to express the
gratitude and appreciation of the residents of Santa Barbara
County for the sacrifices that all service members, especially
those from local communities, made for their country in
Vietnam. The resolution also seeks to create a veterans
recognition corridor that hopefully will link the various
local veterans museums and memorials and become an ongoing
memorial for veterans and their families.
2.Guadalupe's contributions to the Vietnam War . According to
the author, 220 young men and women from the City of Guadalupe
served their country in the Vietnam War, three of whom gave
the ultimate sacrifice of their lives.
3.Consistent with committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy
on highway designations.
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the Committee before noon on
Wednesday, April 27,
2011)
SUPPORT: Central Coast Chapter of Vietnam Veterans of
America (sponsor)
OPPOSED: None received.