SCR 87, as introduced, Anderson. The Luiseño Highway.
This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route 76 southeast of Lake Henshaw as the Luiseño Highway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering the cost, to erect those signs.
Fiscal committee: yes.
P1 1WHEREAS, Archeological records show that ancestors of the
2Luiseño Indians were among the original inhabitants of San Diego
3County living along the Pacific coast and inland in north San Diego
4County for 10,000 years; and
5WHEREAS, The Luiseño called themselves Payómkawichum,
6also spelled Payómkowishum, meaning “People of the West;” and
7WHEREAS, In what is now San Diego County, the territory of
8the Payómkawichum ran west to east across a wide swath of the
9northern portions of the county. Clans built villages and traveled
10from the Pacific Ocean, near the present-day Cities of Oceanside,
11Carlsbad, and La Jolla, to the east, where the Cities of San Marcos,
12Vista, and Fallbrook, and the communities of Rainbow, Bonsall,
13Valley Center, and Pauma Valley now exist, to Palomar Mountain
14and the Buena Vista Mountains of the Peninsular Range; and
P2 1WHEREAS, The Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, named after
2King Luis of Spain, was founded on June 13, 1798, by Father
3Fermin Francisco de Lasuèn, on the San Luis Rey River in the
4current City of Oceanside; and
5WHEREAS, The Payómkawichum became known as the
6Luiseño Indians due to the location of their villages, which came
7under Spanish occupation within the jurisdiction of the Mission
8San Luis Rey de Francia; and
9WHEREAS, At the time of contact with the Spanish, more than
1043 Luiseño villages were concentrated along the 55-mile stretch
11of the San Luis Rey River, from its mouth at Mount Palomar and
12the Hot Springs Mountains to where the river discharges into the
13Pacific Ocean; and
14WHEREAS, The Luiseño Indians built trails along the San Luis
15Rey River, connecting their villages to visit relatives, exchange
16goods and food, share ceremonies, and perform rituals; and
17WHEREAS, As the most direct route from the mountains to the
18coast, the Luiseño trails along the river also served as seasonal
19migratory routes for the native people, and accommodated Spanish
20missionary and militia travel among mission outposts, farmlands,
21and tribal villages; and
22WHEREAS, Construction on the road following the San Luis
23Rey River and the Luiseño trails began in 1930, although the
24paving initially ended at the Pala Indian Reservation; and
25WHEREAS, The original road was named legislative Route 195
26in 1935. Then in 1965, the state highways were renumbered and
27legislative Route 195 was legally designated as State Highway
28Route 76, extending from United States Route 101 to State
29Highway Route 79; and
30WHEREAS, Today, there are four Luiseño Indian reservations
31located on, or connected to, State Highway Route 76. They are the
32La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians, the Pala Band of Mission
33Indians, the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, and the Rincon Band
34of Luiseño Indians; and
35WHEREAS, The original trails constructed by the Luiseño
36Indians, living and traveling along the San Luis Rey River, also
37served as the corridor of travel for the Spanish explorers,
38missionaries, and militia, Mexican Nationals, American military
39forces, and European immigrants; and
P3 1WHEREAS, These trails predated the modern road ultimately
2designated by the State of California as State Highway Route 76;
3now, therefore, be it
4Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
5thereof concurring, That, the Legislature hereby designates the
6portion of State Highway Route 76 running west to east from
7Interstate Highway 15 to State Highway Route 79, southeast of
8Lake Henshaw, as the Luiseño Highway; and be it further
9Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested
10to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the
11signing requirements for the state highway system showing this
12special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
13sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; and be it
14further
15Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
16this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
17for appropriate distribution.
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