BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
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58 (Williams)
As Introduced April 22, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes |
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|Transportation |16-0 |Frazier, Achadjian, | |
| | |Baker, Bloom, Campos, | |
| | |Chu, Daly, Dodd, | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Gomez, Kim, Linder, | |
| | |Medina, Melendez, | |
| | |Nazarian, O'Donnell | |
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|Appropriations |14-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bloom, Bonta, | |
| | |Calderon, Chang, | |
| | |Eggman, Gallagher, | |
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| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, Rendon, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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SUMMARY: Designates a bicycle-pedestrian path and a pedestrian
undercrossing both in Ventura County as the Ralph Fertig
Memorial Bicycle-Pedestrian Path and the Peter Douglas Coastal
Access Way, respectively. Specifically, this resolution:
1)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments of Ralph Fertig, a
longtime bicycle advocate in Santa Barbara, California.
2)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments of Peter Douglas, a
former Executive Director of the California Coastal Commission
(CCC).
3)Designates the bicycle-pedestrian path constructed as part of
the project to widen State Route (SR) 101 from Mobil Pier Road
to Bates Road in Ventura County as the Ralph Fertig Memorial
Bicycle-Pedestrian Path.
4)Designates the pedestrian undercrossing of SR 101 in the
community of La Conchita in Ventura County as the Peter
Douglas Coastal Access Way.
5)Requests that the California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent
with the signing requirements for the state highway system,
showing the 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 including the installation and
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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: Ralph Fertig was a longtime bicycle advocate in Santa
Barbara, California and served as the Central Coast Regional
Director of the California Association of Bicycling Organization
for many years. Mr. Fertig is described as a quiet, unassuming
person who made it his mission to attend transportation planning
meetings and advocate for more space on roads for bicycles.
Additionally, Mr. Fertig, was responsible for bringing the 1998
ProBike conference to Santa Barbara. Mr. Fertig passed away on
July 18, 2014. This bill designates the bicycle-pedestrian path
(Class 1 Bicycle Path) constructed as part of the project to
widen SR 101 from Mobil Pier Road to Bates Road in the County of
Ventura in honor of Ralph Fertig to acknowledge the significant
role he played in his community.
Mr. Peter Douglas, former Executive Director of the CCC, died on
Sunday April 1, 2012, at the age of 69 after a long battle with
cancer. Mr. Douglas was the CCC's longest-serving executive
director, a position he held from 1985 to 2011. Mr. Douglas
also worked for the California Legislature as an aide to
then-Assembly Member Alan Siertoy (D-Beverly Hills) and as a
committee consultant where he had a hand in drafting the Coastal
Initiative (Proposition 20 of 1972) and the California Coastal
Act of 1976. Mr. Douglas' life accomplishments include
creating, acquiring, and preserving many coastal parks, state
beaches, campgrounds, trails, and overnight hostels. This
resolution designates the pedestrian undercrossing of SR 101 in
the community of La Conchita in Ventura County of in honor of
Peter Douglas to acknowledge the significant role he played in
his community.
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Analysis Prepared by:
Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:
0001166