BILL NUMBER: ACR 57	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        MAY 1, 2013

   Relative to the James Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 57, Jones. James Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 94 in the County of San Diego as the James Craig Schmidt
Memorial Highway. The measure would request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.



   WHEREAS, James Craig Schmidt was born on September 27, 1927, in
Peoria, Illinois, and after graduating from high school, enlisted in
the United States Navy, and later attended Illinois Wesleyan
University, the University of Illinois, and De Paul University Law
School, becoming a member of the Illinois State Bar and later the
California State Bar; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt moved to San Diego in 1958, married Jerrie
Bond, and began his career in the savings and loan industry, becoming
legal counsel and senior vice president with Home Federal Savings
and Loan before later joining San Diego Federal Savings and Loan as
executive vice president-managing officer; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt was appointed as Assistant Secretary for
Business and Transportation under Governor Reagan in 1967, and was
later appointed to the California Toll Bridge Authority and the State
Transportation Board; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt was involved in local transportation issues
for many years in the County of San Diego, was instrumental in the
removal of tolls from the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and was a
long-time board member of the San Diego Highway Development
Association and the first recipient of its lifetime achievement award
in 2011; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt has a distinguished record of community
service, as a member of many organizations and the recipient of
numerous awards, including the designation by the City of San Diego
of a James C. Schmidt Day in 2000 for his service and dedication to
the city; and
   WHEREAS, As an avid sports fan, Mr. Schmidt attended every game of
the San Diego Chargers from the date of their first game in San
Diego in 1961, and helped launch the first Holiday Bowl in San Diego
in 1978 and served as President of the 1986 Holiday Bowl and Chairman
of the 1987 Holiday Bowl; and
   WHEREAS, As a guest commentator for the Daily Transcript, Mr.
Schmidt wrote regular articles on a wide variety of topics, including
sports, transportation, housing, real estate, desalinization, and
grand jury reports, helping to educate readers and document local
history; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt was well known and respected in the business
and civic communities, and will be remembered for his friendliness
and for never forgetting a face or name; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Schmidt is survived by his wife Jerrie, of 54 years,
and three daughters, Sandy, Julie, and Suzanne, two grandchildren,
Michelle and Spencer, and a sister, Marilee; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to honor Mr. Schmidt by designating a
portion of State Highway Route 94 is his memory; 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 94 between Bancroft Drive and Avocado
Boulevard in the County of San Diego as the James Craig Schmidt
Memorial 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
sufficient to cover 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.