BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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1 (Levine)
As Amended March 12, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
|----------------+------+-----------------------+--------------------|
|Transportation |16-0 |Frazier, Achadjian, | |
| | |Baker, Bloom, Campos, | |
| | |Chu, Daly, Dodd, | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, Gomez, | |
| | |Kim, Linder, Medina, | |
| | |Melendez, Nazarian, | |
| | |O'Donnell | |
|----------------+------+-----------------------+--------------------|
|Appropriations |16-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, Bonta, | |
| | |Calderon, Chang, Daly, | |
| | |Eggman, Gallagher, | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Holden, Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, Weber, | |
| | |Wood | |
| | | | |
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SUMMARY: Designates the tunnel on State Route (SR) 101, known
locally as the Waldo Tunnel and the Rainbow Tunnel, in Marin
County as the Robin Williams Tunnel. Specifically, this
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resolution:
1)Describes the accomplishments of Robin Williams.
2)Designates the SR 101 tunnel between post miles 0.885 to 1.074
in Marin County as the Robin Williams Tunnel.
3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of the appropriate signs,
consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway
system, showing special designation and, upon receiving
donations from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect
those signs.
EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways. This includes the installation
and maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor State Highway Account costs to Caltrans to make
and erect appropriate signs; these costs are fully covered by
donations.
COMMENTS: The tunnel on SR 101 between the Golden Gate Bridge and
Sausalito is known locally as the Waldo Tunnel after Waldo Point
from nearby Richardson Bay which was named after William Waldo, a
California politician in the 1850's who is known for his relief
efforts on behalf of starving immigrants coming west who were
stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during a snowstorm. Waldo
later ran, unsuccessfully, as a Whig candidate for California
governor in 1853. The tunnel has also been referred to locally as
the "Rainbow Tunnel" after the archways at the ends of the bores
were painted in rainbows by a Caltrans employee.
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After the passing of actor Robin Williams who lived Marin County,
Julia Wainright, a local resident, circulated a petition to name
the tunnel after the late actor. To date, the petition requesting
the naming has received over 61,000 signatures. Ms. Wainright has
noted that renaming the "Rainbow Tunnel" after the late actor was
appropriate because Robin Williams was known for wearing rainbow
suspenders in the television program Mork and Mindy and he also
performed a famous comedy routine about passing through the
tunnel.
Robin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951, to
Laurie McLaurin and Robert Fitzgerald Williams. At age 16 the
family moved to Tiburon, California where Mr. Williams attended
Redwood High School in Larkspur. Mr. Williams studied theater at
the College of Marin in Kentfield, California and later received a
full scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City. Mr.
Williams began his career as a comedian doing stand-up comedy
shows in the San Francisco Bay area and in Los Angeles. Mr.
Williams starred in numerous television programs and films, won
numerous awards and accolades, and was known for his philanthropy.
Mr. Williams lived in Marin County and died in his home in
Tiburon on August 11, 2014, as a result of suicide.
This resolution designates the Waldo Tunnel on State Route 101
(Tunnel # 27-40) between post mile 0.885 to 1.074 in Marin County
as the Robin Williams Tunnel. This resolution further requests
that Caltrans erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from non-state sources to cover the costs.
Analysis Prepared by:
Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:
0000183
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