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          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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