BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: ACR 197 Hearing Date: 8/9/2016
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|Author: |Gatto |
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|Version: |6/16/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Jackie Robinson Memorial Highway
DIGEST: This resolution designates a portion of Interstate 210
in the County of Los Angeles as the Jackie Robinson Memorial
Highway.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. 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.
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5)If the segment of highway is being named for a specific
individual or individuals, the segment of highway being named
must not exceed five miles 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 Interstate 210 from
California State Route 2 to Orange Grove Boulevard in the County
of Los Angeles as the Jackie Robinson Memorial Highway. The
Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost
of installation and maintenance of appropriate signs and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost,
erect those signs.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. This resolution is intended to honor the life and
accomplishments of Jackie Robinson.
2)Background. Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson was born on
January 31, 1919, in Cairo, Georgia, to a family of
sharecroppers. Mr. Robinson attended John Muir High School
and Pasadena City College. In 1939 he transferred to UCLA,
where he became the first Bruin to letter in four sports:
basketball, football, baseball, and track. Mr. Robinson
served as a second lieutenant in the United States Army and
was arrested and court martialed for refusing to move to the
back of a bus. He was acquitted of all charges and received
an honorable discharge.
On April 15, 1947, Mr. Robinson made his major league debut
for the Brooklyn Dodgers, the first time ever than an
African-American athlete played in major league baseball.
That year he earned the inaugural Major League Baseball Rookie
of the Year Award. He retired from baseball in 1957 with a
career batting average of .311 and was the first
African-American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. His
uniform number, 42, is the only number retired by all of
baseball in honor of his accomplishments.
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Mr. Robinson became a vocal champion for African-American
athletes, civil rights, and other social and political causes.
He served on the board of the NAACP until 1967.
Mr. Robinson died on October 24, 1972. He is survived by his
wife and two of his three children.
3)Amendment. The segment of road designated by this bill
exceeds the five-mile limit in the committee rules. The
author has agreed to amend the bill to conform to that limit
by changing the designation to Interstate 210 from Gould
Avenue to Orange Grove Boulevard in the County of Los Angeles.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
8/4/16.)
SUPPORT:
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
OPPOSITION:
None received
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