BILL ANALYSIS Ó SCR 80 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SCR 80 (Fuller) As Introduced March 28, 2012 Majority vote SENATE VOTE :33-0 TRANSPORTATION 13-1 APPROPRIATIONS 16-1 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |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 | | | | | | |-----+--------------------------+-----+--------------------------| |Nays:|Norby |Nays:|Norby | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. SCR 80 Page 2 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