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                                    THIRD READING


          Bill No:  SCR 153
          Author:   Hueso (D)
          Introduced:6/14/16  
          Vote:     21  

           SUBJECT:   Maritime Museum of San Diego:  San Salvador replica


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:    This resolution recognizes and commends the Maritime  
          Museum of San Diego for its continuing dedication to preserving,  
          interpreting, and teaching the rich maritime history of  
          California while upholding a worldwide reputation for excellence  
          with regard to the restoration, maintenance, and operation of  
          historic vessels, particularly the San Salvador replica.

          ANALYSIS:   This resolution makes the following legislative  
          findings:


          1)The Maritime Museum of San Diego's mission is to serve as the  
            community memory of our seafaring experience by collecting,  
            preserving, and presenting our rich maritime heritage via a  
            world-class collection of 10 historic vessels, exhibitions,  
            public events, and educational programs.

          2)In pursuit of this mission, the Maritime Museum of San Diego  
            sought to build a full-sized, fully functional, and  
            historically accurate replica of the San Salvador to create a  
            living link between California's past and present, that would  
            serve as a community memory of the region's seafaring  
            experience and present its rich and diverse maritime heritage  
            and historic connections to the Pacific world. 









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          3)The Spanish galleon San Salvador was explorer Juan Rodriguez  
            Cabrillo's flagship vessel, and during his 1542 expeditionary  
            voyage, the San Salvador, in the company of two other ships,  
            landed at what is now the City of San Diego and established  
            first contact with the indigenous peoples of the California  
            coast, and Cabrillo and his crew became the first Europeans to  
            set foot on the Pacific coast of the United States. 

          4)The San Salvador replica will function as the origin symbol  
            ship for California and commemorate the voyage of the original  
            San Salvador which, through its voyage into the unknown parts  
            of the ocean, provided vital geographic, climatic, and  
            oceanographic information on the Pacific Ocean. 

          5)The mission of the San Salvador replica is to embody our  
            community origin story by presenting the life and times of  
            Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the historic voyage of the San  
            Salvador, our place in the beginnings of the modern world, and  
            first contact between Europeans and Native American peoples of  
            the west coast of North America. 

          This resolution recognizes and commends the Maritime Museum of  
          San Diego for its continuing dedication to preserving,  
          interpreting, and teaching the rich maritime history of  
          California while upholding a worldwide reputation for excellence  
          with regard to the restoration, maintenance, and operation of  
          historic vessels, particularly the San Salvador replica that  
          will soon set sail.

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


          SUPPORT:   (Verified6/15/16)


          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified6/15/16)










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          None received





          Prepared by:  Melissa Ward / SFA / (916) 651-1520
          6/15/16 17:54:31


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