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        SENATE THIRD READING
        SCR 80 (Fuller)
        As Introduced  March 28, 2012
        Majority vote 

         SENATE VOTE  :33-0  
         
         TRANSPORTATION      13-1        APPROPRIATIONS      16-1        
         
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        |Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal,         |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey,          |
        |     |Jeffries, Achadjian,      |     |Blumenfield, Bradford,    |
        |     |Blumenfield, Bonilla,     |     |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
        |     |Buchanan, Eng, Furutani,  |     |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto,   |
        |     |Galgiani, Logue, Miller,  |     |Hall, Hill, Lara,         |
        |     |Portantino, Solorio       |     |Mitchell, Nielsen,        |
        |     |                          |     |Solorio, Wagner           |
        |     |                          |     |                          |
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        |Nays:|Norby                     |Nays:|Norby                     |
        |     |                          |     |                          |
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         SUMMARY  :  Designates an interchange on State Route (SR) 14 as the 
        Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial Interchange.  Specifically, 
         this bill  :  

        1)Recounts the life and career of Joseph C. Lopez, a Marine Corps 
          member who lost his life in the service of his country.  

        2)Designates the Rosamond Boulevard Interchange of SR 14 in the City 
          of Rosamond as the Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial 
          Interchange.  

        3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) 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 
          sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.  

         EXISTING LAW  assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate and 
        maintain state highways.  This includes the installation and 
        maintenance of highway signs.  

         FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, 
        minor State Highway Account costs to Caltrans to make and erect 
        appropriate signs; sign costs are covered by donations.  







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         COMMENTS  :  Joseph C. Lopez enlisted in the Marine Corps in March 
        2009, and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st 
        Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.  
        Lance Corporal Lopez was deployed to the Sangin district of the 
        Helmand province of Afghanistan in late September 2010, with his 
        unit.  On October 14, 2010, he had returned safely to his Marine 
        camp, after successfully patrolling an area of responsibility for 
        more than 20 hours on foot.  Lance Corporal Lopez's team was then 
        dispatched to a nearby location to assist a Marine unit taking heavy 
        fire.  Tragically, at the young age of 26, he was killed by an 
        improvised explosive device during that combat operation in Helmand 
        province.  

        In 2011, Lance Corporal Lopez's family and church established an 
        inaugural annual five kilometer run in remembrance of him, in which 
        members of his Marine unit participated, all proceeds of which are 
        donated to the Wounded Warriors Project and church youth programs.  

         Analysis Prepared by :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN: 
        0004677