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                                      CONSENT 


          Bill No:  SCR 147
          Author:   Anderson (R), et al.
          Amended:  8/2/16  
          Vote:     21 

           SENATE TRANS. & HOUSING COMMITTEE:  11-0, 6/21/16
           AYES:  Beall, Cannella, Allen, Bates, Gaines, Galgiani, Leyva,  
            McGuire, Mendoza, Roth, Wieckowski

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE:  Senate Rule 28.8

           SUBJECT:   Historic Highway Route 79


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This resolution designates a portion of Highway Route  
          79 in the Counties of San Diego and Riverside as Historic  
          Highway Route 79.

          ANALYSIS:  This resolution designates the portion of Highway  
          Route 79 from its intersection with Interstate 8 in the County  
          of San Diego to its intersection with Interstate 15 in the  
          County of Riverside as Historic Highway Route 79.  The  
          Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost  
          of appropriate signs and, upon receiving donations from nonstate  
          sources for that cost, to facilitate the erection of those  
          signs.
          
          Comments

          Background.  In 1600, existing trails that marked the way for  
          Spanish explorer Pedro Fages became Highway Route 79.  A portion  
          of Highway Route 79 served as a segment of the 2,812-mile  
          Butterfield Overland Mail Route, the first transcontinental  








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          postal delivery service in the country.  In 1908, when the state  
          began paving Highway Route 79, the route had already been used  
          by army surveyors, pre- and post-Civil War gold miners, American  
          and European settlers, Chinese workers, immigrants from the  
          British Isles, and European immigrants.


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


          SUPPORT:   (Verified8/2/16)


          Historic Highway 80 Corporation
          San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified8/2/16)


          None received




          Prepared by:Randy Chinn / T. & H. / (916) 651-4121
          8/3/16 19:17:56


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