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           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE       BILL NO: SCR 60
          SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN              AUTHOR:  knight
                                                         VERSION: 8/12/13
          Analysis by:  Carrie Cornwell                  FISCAL:  yes
          Hearing date:  August 20, 2013



          SUBJECT:

          Lance Corporal Javier Olvera Memorial Highway

          DESCRIPTION:

          This resolution names a portion of State Highway Route (SR) 14  
          in Los Angeles County as the Lance Corporal Javier Olvera  
          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.





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           This resolution  designates the portion of SR 14 from its south  
          junction with SR 138 to West Avenue O8 in the City of Palmdale  
          as the Lance Corporal Javier Olvera 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  .  The author introduced this resolution to honor the  
            life and service of Javier Olvera.   

           2.Background on Javier Olvera  .  Javier Olvera grew up in the San  
            Fernando Valley and as a teenager moved with his family to  
            Palmdale.  After graduating from R. Rex Parris High School in  
            2006, he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps.  He served as  
            rifleman and radio operator.  He was deployed to Iraq during  
            2007 and 2008, and then to Afghanistan in 2009.  Lance  
            Corporal Olvera died on August 8, 2009, at the age 20 while  
            conducting combat operations in Helmand province of  
            Afghanistan on the Pakistani border.  

           3.Consistent with the committee's policy  .  This resolution is  
            consistent with all the provisions of the committee's policy  
            on highway designations.  
          
          POSITIONS:  (Communicated to the committee before noon on  
          Wednesday,                                             August  
          14, 2013.)

               SUPPORT:  None received.

               OPPOSED:  None received.













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