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Author: Levine (D), et al.
Amended: 4/23/15 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 6/9/15
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/23/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Robin Williams Tunnel
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution designates the Waldo Tunnel on State
Highway Route (SR) 101 in the County of Marin as the Robin
Williams Tunnel.
ANALYSIS: This resolution designates the Waldo Tunnel on SR 101
between postmile 0.885 and postmile 1.074 in the County of Marin
as the Robin Williams Tunnel. This 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 charitable contributions of Robin Williams.
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2)Background on honoree. Robin McLaurin Williams was born in
Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 1951, to his mother Laurie
McLaurin and father Robert Fitzgerald Williams. At 16 years
of age, Robin Williams moved with his family to Tiburon,
California. He attended Redwood High School in Larkspur,
California, and studied theater at the College of Marin in
Kentfield, California. Robin Williams received a full
scholarship to the Juilliard School in New York City where he
pursued acting and comedy.
Robin Williams began his career as a comedian doing stand-up
comedy shows in the San Francisco Bay area and continued his
work in Los Angeles, where he developed his improvisational
style as an actor and a stand-up comedian. He then appeared
on several television programs and starred in "Mork and Mindy"
in the late 1970s to early 1980s. His film credits include
his role as radio disc jockey Adrian Cronauer in "Good
Morning, Vietnam" in 1987, and teacher John Keating in "Dead
Poets Society" in 1989. Both roles earned him lead actor
Academy Award recognition. In 1997, Robin Williams was voted
funniest man alive by Entertainment Weekly. The next year, in
1998, Entertainment Weekly listed him as one of the 25 best
actors of all time. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best
Comedy Album. In 2005, Robin Williams received the Cecil B.
DeMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards.
Robin Williams' charity work included health care, human
rights, education, environmental protection, the arts, and
much more. He supported the following foundations and their
work: Aid Still Required, American Foundation for AIDS
Research, Amnesty International, Andre Agassi Foundation for
Education, Augie's Quest, Bob Woodruff Foundation, Celebrity
Fight Night Foundation, Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation,
Comic Relief, David Foster Foundation, Doctors Without
Borders, Dogs Deserve Better, Dream Foundation, Elizabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, International Medical Corps,
Keep Memory Alive, LIVESTRONG, Love Our Children USA, Luke
Neuhedel Foundation, Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center, MusiCares,
Prince's Rainforests Project, Prince's Trust, Robert F.
Kennedy Memorial, Smile Train, St. Jude Children's Research
Hospital, and UNICEF.
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Robin Williams died on August 11, 2014, in his home in
Paradise Cay, Tiburon, California, as a result of suicide
after suffering from addiction and mental illness.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/22/15)
None received
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/22/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/23/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau,
Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly,
Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gray,
Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Santiago, Steinorth,
Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Gordon, Salas
Prepared by:Christine Hochmuth / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
6/24/15 17:20:40
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