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          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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