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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 131
Author: Anderson (R), et al
Amended: 4/7/10 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 8-0, 5/4/10
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman, Kehoe,
Pavley, Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Oropeza
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 4/19/10 - See last page for vote
(Consent)
SUBJECT : Historic Highway Route 94
SOURCE : Highway 94 Club
San Diego East Visitors Bureau
DIGEST : This resolution designates a 49-mile segment of
State Highway Route 94 in San Diego County as Historic
Route 94.
ANALYSIS : According to the author's office, SR 94 is an
important transportation corridor with outstanding natural,
cultural, historic, and scenic qualities. It was previously
known as Campo Road or Old Route 200, which began as a
network of foot trails and was eventually improved to
accommodate wagons and stagecoaches. Until 1918, it was
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the main road between San Diego and Yuma, Arizona.
By 1829, the trails provided access to the Jamul Rancho
owned by Don Pio Pico, the last Mexican governor of
California. Sufficient settlement had occurred by the
1880s, that Campo Road provided necessary, but difficult
access for the backcountry pioneers to San Diego to sell
their products and secure needed supplies. A trip of less
than two hour today took at least two days at that time.
The first telegraph line from San Diego to Arizona followed
the general route of Campo Road in 1874 and the first
horseless carriage trip on Campo Road from San Diego to
Campo and back was made in 1904 by John Gay of Lakeside.
Campo Road was used by the United States Military during
the Mexican Revolution in 1911, during World War I, and
extensively during World War II for support of Camp
Lockett, the last home of the famous Buffalo Soldiers of
the 10th Cavalry of the United States Army.
On August 21, 1933, the road was transferred to the State
of California and renamed SR 94. The beginning of SR 94 at
the time of the transfer was in the community of Lemon
Grove. The highway then proceeded through Spring Valley,
Jamul, Dulzura, Cottonwood Grade, Potrero Grade, Campo,
then easterly along Campo Creek and terminating at the
junction of SR 80 at White Star, a total distance of about
66 miles.
This resolution designates the portion of State Highway
Route 94 from the junction of Jamacha Road in Rancho San
Diego to its terminus at the junction with Historic Highway
Route 80 in Boulevard as Historic Highway Route 94. This
resolution further asks the Department of Transportation to
determine the cost of signs for the designation and
facilitate erecting the signs once enough non-state
donations are received to cover those costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/24/10)
Highway 94 Club (co-source)
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San Diego East Visitors Bureau (co-source)
Barrett Junction Caf? & Mercantile
Boulevard Planning Group
Campo Elementary School
Descanso Planning Group
Dulzura Caf?, Martha Hernandez proprietor
Jacumba Sponsor Group
Kiwanis Club of Potrero-Tecate
Mountain Empire Campo Kiwanis
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
Potrero Community Planning Group
Potrero Elementary School
Rural Economic Action League
Tecate Community Chamber of Commerce
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. Campo Mountain Empire
Post No. 2080
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles
Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava,
Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bass, Davis, De La Torre, Norby, Torres,
Torrico
JA:nl 5/25/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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