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          Bill No:  SCR 24
          Author:   Wolk (D), et al.
          Introduced:2/27/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE:  9-0, 5/5/15
           AYES:  Beall, Allen, Bates, Galgiani, Leyva, McGuire, Mendoza,  
            Roth, Wieckowski
           NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cannella, Gaines

          SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  Senate Rule 28.8

           SUBJECT:   Lieutenant Colonel James C. Warren Memorial  
                     Interchange


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This resolution designates the interchange of  
          Interstate Routes 80 and 505 in Solano County as the Lieutenant  
          Colonel James C. Warren Memorial Interchange.  
          
          ANALYSIS:  This resolution designates the interchange of  
          Interstate Routes 80 and 505 in Solano County as the Lieutenant  
          Colonel James C. Warren Memorial Interchange.  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 and service of Lt. Colonel Warren.  









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          Background on Lieutenant Colonel James C. Warren.  James C.  
          Warren was born on August 16, 1923, in the racially segregated  
          community of Gurly, Alabama.  He left the area at age 15 when  
          his mother sent him to Island Park, Illinois, to attend high  
          school.  Mr. Warren enlisted in 1943 with the U.S. Army Air  
          Force's Tuskegee Airmen unit.  He was assigned to Indiana's  
          Freeman Field, where he completed training to qualify as both a  
          navigator and bombardier.  Lt. Colonel Warren was one of the 101  
          black officers at Freeman Field in 1945 who were arrested and  
          charged with mutiny because they refused to comply with base  
          regulations excluding black officers from a base officers' club.  
           The Air Force cleared the service records of all 101 officers  
          in 1995.  

          After serving with the 477th Bombardment Group of the Tuskegee  
          Airmen, 
          Lt. Colonel Warren spent 35 years with the U.S. Air Force, for  
          which he flew 173 combat missions in Korea and Vietnam.  He  
          earned numerous awards during this time, including the  
          Congressional Gold Medal, the Distinguished Flying Cross with  
          two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Air Force Commendation Medal.

          Lt. Colonel Warren graduated from the University of Nebraska and  
          ultimately became the oldest individual to earn a pilot's  
          license at the age of 87 years.  
          Lt. Colonel Warren distinguished himself through his community  
          leadership and participation in the Nut Tree Airport's Young  
          Eagles Program, as well as his membership with the Jimmy  
          Doolittle Air and Space Museum Foundation, the Kappa Alpha Psi  
          Fraternity, and Tuskegee Airmen Incorporated.  Lt. Colonel  
          Warren passed away on May 17, 2014, at the age of 90 following a  
          battle with cancer.    

          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    No          Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No 


          SUPPORT:   (Verified5/15/15)


          None received









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          OPPOSITION:   (Verified5/15/15)


          None received


          Prepared by:Erin Riches / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
          5/19/15 14:36:39


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