BILL NUMBER: ACR 4	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        DECEMBER 9, 2014

   Relative to the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 4, as amended, Waldron. Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.
   This measure would designate a  specified  portion of
State Highway Route 76 in the County of San Diego as the Joel
Mendenhall Memorial 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.



   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was a real cowboy and cattle rancher, who
embraced the values of the Old West, but also understood the demands
and markets of today's world; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was part owner of Homegrown Cattle
Company, Homegrown Meats, My Country Club Hunting Ranch, and La Jolla
Butcher Shop in La Jolla; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was a man who was quiet, but friendly,
dependable, resourceful, devoted to his family, and always ready to
help someone who needed it; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall's family history dates back to the first
homesteaders of the Palomar Mountain area in the mid-1800s; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall's work ethic was based on doing what was
needed to get the job done, never punching a clock, often working
well into the night in all kinds of weather, and demonstrating
self-sufficiency and a willingness to be there for others who needed
help; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall always knew where the bass were biting,
the eagles were nesting, the turkeys were roosting, the big bucks
were in rut, or where a mountain lion might be prowling; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was comfortable on a good horse, skilled
at roping and wielding a branding iron, and enjoyed competition
between himself and his dad for big buck bragging rights; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall was always the first to help a young lady
bag her first deer, an old hunter drag out a downed buck, or offer
amazingly detailed instructions on where to set up for opening day of
turkey season; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall died in a tragic ranching accident on
September 2, 2013, at 30 years of age; and
   WHEREAS, Joel Mendenhall is survived by his wife, Jenna, his three
young daughters, and his parents, Frank and Janice Mendenhall, and
will be missed by his family and many friends, outdoorsmen, ranchers,
business partners, and the community of which he was a treasured
part; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates 
the   that  portion of State Highway Route 76 from
post mile  43.25 to the eastern intersection of State Highway
Route 76 and County Road S6, also called Palomar Mountain Road, at
  47.790, starting at County Route S-7, East Grade Road,
  west to  post mile  38.25,  
42.790 at East Palomar Road  in the County of San Diego, as the
Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system showing this special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
sufficient to cover  the   that  cost, to
erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.