BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: SCR 87
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: Anderson
VERSION: 2/21/14
Analysis by: Carrie Cornwell FISCAL: yes
Hearing date: April 1, 2014
SUBJECT:
Luiseño Highway
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution designates a portion of State Highway Route (SR)
76 in northern San Diego County as the Luiseño 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 76 between
Interstate 15 and SR 79 near Lake Henshaw in San Diego County as
the Luiseño 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 recognize
the Luiseño Indians' historical role in establishing the route
of travel that has become SR 76 as well as the four Luiseño
reservations located along this highway.
2.Background on the Luiseño . The Payómkawichum people have
lived in what is now San Diego County for thousands of years,
and so were there when the Spanish arrived. The Spanish
established the Mission San Luis Rey, named for their King
Luis, in the Payómkawichum territory and called the people the
Luiseño, a name that stuck over the past three centuries.
The Luiseño villages followed the course of the San Luis Rey
River from the mountains to the ocean as well as trails
connecting these villages. These trails became corridors of
travel for not just the Luiseño but the Spanish settlers and
later Mexican and American settlers as well. Eventually, the
state of California built a highway along their route, and
today it is
SR 76, which this resolution names in honor of the original
people of the area.
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, March 26,
2014.)
SUPPORT: Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians
OPPOSED: None received.
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