BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 4 Hearing Date: 6/16/2015
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|Author: |Waldron |
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|Version: |5/12/2015 |
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|Urgency: |No |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Erin Riches |
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SUBJECT: Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route (SR) 76 in San Diego County as the Joel Mendenhall
Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structure. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
1)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
or structure is located.
2)The person being honored must be deceased.
3)The naming must be done without cost to the state. Costs for
signs and plaques must be paid by local or private sources.
4)The author or co-author of the resolution must represent the
district in which the facility is located, and the resolution
must identify the specific highway segment or structure being
named.
5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
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in length.
6)The proposed designation must reflect a community consensus
and be without local opposition.
7)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.
This resolution designates a portion of SR 76 in San Diego,
beginning at post mile 47.790 at County Route S-7, East Grade
Road, going west to post mile 42.790 at East Palomar Road, as
the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway. This resolution further
requests that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate
signs upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover
the costs.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life of Joel Mendenhall.
Background on Mr. Mendenhall. Mr. Mendenhall's family history
dates back to the first homesteaders of the Palomar Mountain
area in the mid-1800s. Mr. Mendenhall's parents own the
Mendenhall Ranch in Palomar Mountain, and Mr. Mendenhall was a
sixth-generation rancher.
Mr. Mendenhall was a member of the California Waterfowl
Association. He actively participated each year in the Junior
Pheasant Hunt Program, a free program that helps introduce young
people to hunting, outdoor safety, and ethics. Mr. Mendenhall
also owned My Country Club Hunting Ranch, which provides
camping, hunting, and fishing for its members.
Mendenhall's Homegrown Cattle Company, which Mr. Mendenhall
owned along with a group of investors, supplies grass-fed beef
to Whole Food Markets Inc. in San Diego and Orange Counties. It
is one of the largest organic, grass-fed programs in California.
The company's products are also certified by the American Grass
Association and the Animal Welfare Approved Association. He was
also part owner of Homegrown Meats/La Jolla Butcher Shop in La
Jolla.
Mr. Mendenhall was killed in an accident on September 2, 2013,
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when a wheel loader he was repairing came down and pinned him
between a wheel and an axle. He was 30 years old. He is
survived by his wife, Jenna; his three young daughters; and his
parents, Frank and Janice.
Consistent with committee policy. This resolution is consistent
with the provisions of this committee's policy on highway
designation.
Related Legislation:
ACR 165 (Waldron) - which was virtually identical to this
resolution, was introduced last August but did not get to the
Senate Floor in time to be considered before the legislative
session ended.
Assembly votes:
Floor:77-0
Appr:16-0
Trans:16-0
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
June 10, 2015.)
SUPPORT:
California Cattlemen's Association
Vista Irrigation District
OPPOSITION:
None received
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