BILL NUMBER: HR 66	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villaraigosa

                        AUGUST 17, 1998

   House Resolution No. 66--Relative to commending the Honorable Tom
Woods.



  HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, The Honorable Tom Woods is drawing to a close his tenure
with the California State Assembly following four years of exemplary
service, and it is appropriate at this time to highlight the many
achievements of his illustrious tenure and to extend to him the
highest commendations; and
   WHEREAS, Elected to the Assembly in 1994 and re-elected in 1996,
Assembly Member Woods represents the 2nd Assembly District, a vast
rural district that stretches from just north of Sacramento to the
Oregon border, and includes the mountain and valley counties of
Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Siskiyou, Sutter, Tehama, and Trinity, as well
as portions of Butte and Yolo Counties; and
   WHEREAS, Prior to his election, Assembly Member Woods was involved
in many Shasta County community activities, serving as a Shasta
County Delegate to the Attorney General's Commission on Drugs and
Youth, the President's Congressional Task Force on National and
International Affairs, the Board of Directors of the Forest Museum,
and the Board of Directors of Shasta Bible College, and he also
headed the City-County Government Committee as President of the
Shasta County Grand Jury; and
   WHEREAS, A native of North Carolina, Tom Woods started a
broadcasting career at the age of 17, which brought him to California
in 1970; and
   WHEREAS, He moved to Redding in 1980 and served as Operations
Manager for Radio Station KVIP from 1985 until he moved to the
position of General Manager in 1987, and he served in that capacity
until his election to the Assembly; and
   WHEREAS, Assembly Member Woods is the Republican Whip in the
Assembly, has served as Vice Chairman of the Assembly Committee on
Natural Resources, and currently serves as a member of the Assembly
Committees on Health, on Water, Parks & Wildlife, and on Information
Technology; and
   WHEREAS, His legislative focus this year has been in the areas of
agriculture, water, timber, and small business, and he has taken the
lead on reform of the California Environmental Quality Act and flood
protection by introducing legislation to allow Californians to
maintain and repair levees without having to go through bureaucratic
hoops that delay actions that save lives and property; and
   WHEREAS, Assembly Member Woods received numerous awards in his
first term in the Assembly, including Legislator of the Year from the
California Women in Timber, the California Association of Health
Services at Home, and the Biomass Energy Alliance, and he received
perfect scores from both the California Farm Bureau and the
California Chamber of Commerce for his legislative voting record; and

   WHEREAS, Assembly Member Woods and his wife, Alice, are the proud
parents of five children, Melissa, Kristin, Chad, John, and Joseph;
and
   WHEREAS, Through his public service activities he has made a
significant impact on the people of the 2nd Assembly District and
throughout the state, and he will be very much missed by those
individuals with whom he has been associated; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That they
express their commendations and appreciation to their colleague, the
Honorable Tom Woods, for his outstanding record of dedicated service
to his constituents and to all of the people of California, and
convey to him best wishes for every success in his future endeavors.