BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
Senator Jim Beall, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular
Bill No: SCR 102 Hearing Date: 4/19/2016
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|Author: |Nguyen |
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|Version: |3/7/2016 |
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|Urgency: | |Fiscal: |Yes |
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|Consultant|Randy Chinn |
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SUBJECT: Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial Bridge
DIGEST: This bill designates the Los Alamitos Bay Bridge on
State Highway Route 1 in Long Beach as the Joan Lind Van Blom
Memorial Bridge.
ANALYSIS:
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.
5)The segment of highway being named must not exceed five miles
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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 the Los Alamitos Bay Bridge on State
Highway Route 1, south of Loynes Drive and north of East 2nd
Street in Long Beach, as the Joan Lind Van Blom Memorial Bridge.
This resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from NOA-state sources to cover the cost.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The author introduced this bill to honor the life and
service of Joan Lind Van Blom.
Background. Joan Lind Van Blom was the first woman to win an
Olympic medal for the United States in rowing, winning a silver
medal at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and at the 1984
Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Ms. Van Blom won 14 national
titles, holds 11 world records, and medaled internationally as a
coach in the Pan American Games. She had a 35-year career with
the Long Beach Unified School District as a physical education
teacher and curriculum leader. She has been inducted into the
(Wilson High School, Long Beach State 49er, Century Club) and
national rowing hall of fame, and was declared a lifetime member
of the Long Beach Rowing Association.
Joan Lind Van Blom passed away in August 2015 and is survived by
her husband, son, and sisters.
This resolution is consistent with the committee's policy on
highway designation.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Wednesday,
April 13, 2016.)
SUPPORT:
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach Aquatic Capital of America
Long Beach Century Club
Long Beach Lifeguard Alumni Association
Suzie A. Price, Long Beach Councilwoman
OPPOSITION:
None received.
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