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           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE       BILL NO: ACR 57
          SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN              AUTHOR:  jones
                                                         VERSION: 5/1/13
          Analysis by:  Mark Stivers                     FISCAL:  yes
          Hearing date:  August 20, 2013



          SUBJECT:

          James Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway

          DESCRIPTION:

          This resolution designates a portion of State Route (SR) 94 in  
          San Diego County as the James Craig Schmidt 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.
           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.

           This resolution  designates the portion of SR 94 between Bancroft  




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          Drive and Avocado Boulevard in San Diego County as the James  
          Craig Schmidt Memorial Highway.  The resolution further requests  
          that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate signs  
          upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover the  
          costs.  

          COMMENTS:

           1.Purpose of the resolution  .  By naming a portion of SR 94 for  
            Mr. Schmidt, this resolution seeks to memorialize his  
            contributions to the San Diego community.
           2.Mr. Schmidt's contributions  .  James Craig Schmidt, a lawyer  
            and banker by trade, was a prominent member of the San Diego  
            community.  Throughout his career, Mr. Schmidt was a  
            longstanding transportation advocate, serving as Assistant  
            Secretary for the Business and Transportation Agency under  
            Governor Ronald Reagan and as a member of the California Toll  
            Bridge Authority and California State Transportation Board.   
            Mr. Schmidt was instrumental in the removal of tolls from the  
            San Diego-Coronado Bridge and was the first recipient of the  
            San Diego Highway Development Association's lifetime  
            achievement award in 2011.  Mr. Schmidt lived close to the  
            segment of highway designated in this resolution.  On January  
            5, 2013, Mr. Schmidt died of cancer at his home.

           3.Consistent with committee policy  .  This resolution is  
            consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy  
            on highway designations.
          
          Assembly Votes:
               Floor:    Voice vote
               Appr: 17-0
               Trans:    15-0

          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  
          Wednesday,                                             August  
          14, 2013.)

               SUPPORT:  San Diego Highway Development Association 

               OPPOSED:  None received.









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