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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 174
Author: Bigelow (R)
Introduced:4/21/16
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE: 11-0, 8/9/16
AYES: Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,
McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 8/1/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Highway
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route 41 as the Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS: This resolution designates a portion of State Highway
Route 41, from post mile 1.841 at the Mariposa-Madera county
line to post mile 4.918 at the entrance to Yosemite National
Park, as the Buffalo Soldiers Memorial Highway. The Department
of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of erecting
the appropriate signs, and upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Background
In 1866, the United States Congress created six segregated
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regiments that were ultimately consolidated into four
African-American regiments: the 9th and 10th Cavalry and the
24th and 25th Infantry. African-American regiments had fought
in the wars with Native Americans, and these soldiers were
eventually given the name Buffalo Soldiers by the Cheyenne and
other Plains Indians.
The U.S. Army was the official administrator of Yosemite and
Sequoia national parks between 1891 and 1913. Approximately
500 Buffalo Soldiers served in those parks, with duties
ranging from evicting poachers and thieves to extinguishing
forest fires to overseeing construction of roads, trails, and
other infrastructure.
Comments
Purpose. The author introduced this resolution to honor the
Buffalo Soldiers and their service to the National Parks.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified8/15/16)
Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club of Fairfield, CA
Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club, South Bay, CA
Texas Buffalo Soldier Association
One individual
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/15/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 76-0, 8/1/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,
Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher,
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Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez,
Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark
Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams,
Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Dababneh, Roger Hernández, Linder
Prepared by:Sarah Carvill / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
8/15/16 20:43:14
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