Amended in Senate August 26, 2013

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59

Introduced by Senator Knight

July 1, 2013

Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 59—Relative to the William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SCR 59, as amended, Knight. William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster.

This measure would recognize the location of the William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster in Los Angeles County along State Highway Route 14 (SR 14) near the exit for West Avenue “I” in the City of Lancaster and request the erection of 4 directional signs at that exit indicating the location of the home. The measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, The William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home of
California-Lancaster begin delete (Veterans Home )is end delete begin insert (Veterans Home) is end insert a
60-bed begin delete Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, end delete begin insert residential care
facility for the elderly, end insert an assisted living facility that serves
veterans, where all health care needs, meals, transportation, and
activities for residents are provided in partnership with the VA
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System; and

WHEREAS, The Veterans Home was named in honor and
memory of the late Senator William J. “Pete” Knight, a former
United States Air Force Colonel who spent 32 years in dedicated
service to his country, flew more than 253 missions in Vietnam,
was a fighter pilot, test pilot, astronaut, and legislator, and who
was also considered one of the Veterans Home’s strongest and
most vocal advocates when he served in the California State Senate;
and

WHEREAS, The Veterans Home is located in the picturesque
high-desert area of southern California, just off the Antelope Valley
Freeway (State Route 14), and is only an hour’s drive north from
the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles; and

WHEREAS, The Veterans Home provides California veterans
with a living environment that protects their dignity and contributes
to their feeling of self-reliance and self-worth; now, therefore, be
it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby recognizes the
William J. “Pete” Knight Veterans Home of California-Lancaster
in Los Angeles County and its location along State Highway Route
14 (SR 14) near the exit for West Avenue “I” in the City of
Lancaster and requests the erection of four directional signs as
follows or as otherwise consistent with the signing requirements
for the state highway system: two of the signs, one northbound
and one southbound on SR 14, to be placed before the exit for
West Avenue “I” to read: begin delete “Senator William end delete begin insert “William end insert J. “Pete”
Knight begin delete Memorial end delete Veterans Home, This Exit”; the other two signs
to be placed at the stop signs after exiting the freeway either
northbound or southbound to read: begin delete “Senator William end delete begin insert “William end insert J.
“Pete” Knight begin delete Memorial end delete Veterans Home, Left Turn” and begin delete “Senator
William end delete begin insert “William end insert J. “Pete” Knight begin delete Memorial end delete Veterans Home,
Right Turn”; 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 and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the
cost, to erect those signs; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the begin delete Department end delete begin insert Director end insert of Transportation and
to the author for appropriate distribution.