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                                                                  ACR 126
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          Date of Hearing:   April 12, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                     ACR 126 (Davis) - As Amended:  April 6, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  El Salvador Community Corridor

           SUMMARY  :  Recognizes an area in Los Angeles as the El Salvador  
          Community Corridor.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Notes the cultural diversity of the City of Los Angeles and  
            its status as one of the world's major global cities and as a  
            hub of shipping, manufacturing, and financial industries.  

          2)Identifies Los Angeles as one of only two United States cities  
            without a majority population, with people from 140 countries,  
            who speak approximately 86 languages, calling Los Angeles  
            home.  

          3)Notes the presence of over 500,000 El Salvadorans in Los  
            Angeles, who have contributed to improving the quality of life  
            in the City of Los Angeles.  

          4)Recognizes the Los Angeles area between Adams Boulevard and  
            11th Street on Vermont Boulevard as the El Salvador Community  
            Corridor.  

          5)Request the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to  
            determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the  
            signing requirements for the state highway system and, upon  
            receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover  
            the cost, to erect those signs at the eastbound and westbound  
            exits to Vermont Boulevard on State Route (SR) 101.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  

          1)Makes no specific provision for naming particular local  
            communities or neighborhoods.  

          2)Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate and maintain  
            state highways.  This includes the installation and  
            maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown








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           COMMENTS  :  The author notes that over 500,000 El Salvadorans  
          reside in the City of Los Angeles and have contributed to  
          improving the quality of life in that city.  A large majority of  
          the city's El Salvadoran population lives in the Pico Union area  
          of Los Angeles.  Consequently, this bill would recognize the Los  
          Angeles locale between Adams Boulevard and 11th Street on  
          Vermont Boulevard as the El Salvador Community Corridor.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :  

           Support 
           
          Camara de Comercio El Salvador California
          Confederacion Centroamericana
          Ilosbosco Foundation Los Angeles 
          Multiethnic Peace and Reconstruction Fund
          Salvadoran American Foundation for Children
          Salvadoran American National Association
          Temple Knesset Israel

           Opposition 
           
          None received
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :   Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093