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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 138
Author: Lackey (R) and Wilk (R), et al.
Amended: 8/2/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 10-0, 6/28/16
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Leyva, McGuire,
Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
NO VOTE RECORDED: Galgiani
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/11/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Senator Sharon Runner Memorial Highway, Larry
Chimbole Memorial Highway, and the Santa Clarita
Veterans Parkway
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Route 14
as the Senator Sharon Runner Memorial Highway, a portion of
State Route 138 in the County of Los Angeles as the Larry
Chimbole Memorial Highway, and a portion of the state highway
known as the Cross Valley Connector as the Santa Clarita
Veterans Parkway.
ANALYSIS: This resolution designates a portion of State Route
14 in the City of Lancaster as the Senator Sharon Runner
Memorial Highway, State Route 138 in the County of Los Angeles
from the interchange at State Route 14 to 47th Street East in
the City of Palmdale as the Larry Chimbole Memorial Highway, and
a portion of highway from Interstate 5 to State Highway Route
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14, commonly known as the Cross Valley Connector, as the Santa
Clarita Veterans Parkway. This resolution also requests the
Department of Transportation to determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from non-state sources covering that cost,
to erect those signs.
Comments
1)Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the lives and
service of Senator Sharon Runner, Lawrence "Larry" Chimbole,
and veterans in the City of Santa Clarita.
2)Background. The honorable Sharon Runner was a lifelong
resident of Lancaster, California. Before embarking on her
political career, Ms. Runner cofounded Desert Christian
Schools. In 1998 she was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to
serve on the Antelope Valley Fair Board of Directors. She
served in the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2008. In
2009 she was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to
the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. In 2011
she was elected to the California Senate and was reelected in
2015. Senator Runner coauthored California's version of
Jessica's Law and served on the board of California Women
Lead. Throughout her life, Senator Runner volunteered her
time on several boards and committees, including the United
Way, Antelope Valley Hospital Gift Foundation, Antelope Valley
Crime Task Force, Healthy Homes Advisory Council, and Care
Net.
Senator Runner was diagnosed with limited scleroderma in 1984
and received a double-lung transplant in 2012. Senator Runner
passed away on July 14, 2016.
Larry Chimbole was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 22,
1919. During World War II, Mr. Chimbole served in the Army
Air Corps. After World War II, he moved to Glendale,
California, before settling in Palmdale in 1957.
Mr. Chimbole owned a hardware store in Palmdale and was
president of the Palmdale Kiwanis Club and of the Palmdale
Chamber of Commerce. He was instrumental in the development
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of the Antelope Valley and its freeway system. Mr. Chimbole
served 12 years on the Palmdale City Council and four years in
the California State Assembly. He served as president of the
California Contract Cities Association and of the Los Angeles
County Division of the League of California Cities.
After leaving the Legislature, Mr. Chimbole served as a member
of the State Board of Landscape Architects, the Antelope
Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors, and the
Antelope Valley Fair Board of Directors.
The Santa Clarita Valley is home to more than 10,000 military
veterans and their families.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/1/16)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
City of Palmdale
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/1/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/11/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow,
Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos,
Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher,
Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gordon,
Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
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Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
Wood
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gonzalez, Rendon
Prepared by: Randy Chinn / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
8/4/16 11:36:39
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