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          Bill No:  ACR 148
          Author:   Charles Calderon (D), et al
          Amended:  4/15/10 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  70-0, 4/15/10 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Armenian Genocide Martyrs Memorial

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution requests that the Department of  
          Transportation erect informational signs on State Highway  
          Route 60 in the County of Los Angeles directing motorists  
          to the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument, 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.

           ANALYSIS  :    This resolution states:

          1.The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument was erected in  
            1965 in Bicknell Park in the City of Montebello.

          2.The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument is the site of  
            religious and cultural commemorations by the Armenian  
            community in southern California.

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          3.The Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument serves as a beacon  
            of awareness of all crimes against humanity.

          This resolution also states that the Legislature recognizes  
          the importance of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument to  
          the people of California and requests that the Department  
          of Transportation erect informational signs on the  
          westbound portion of State Highway Route 60 leading to the  
          Garfield Avenue exit and the eastbound portion of State  
          Highway Route 60 leading to the Garfield Avenue exit, in  
          the County of Los Angeles, directing motorists to the  
          Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument, 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.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  Yes

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  
          AYES:  Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Blumenfield,  
            Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles  
            Calderon, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De  
            La Torre, De Leon, Emmerson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,  
            Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,  
            Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,  
            Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Knight, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie  
            Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Nava, Nestande, Niello,  
            Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino, Ruskin, Salas,  
            Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra  
            Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Villines, Yamada,  
            John A. Perez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Adams, Block, DeVore, Evans, Jones,  
            Monning, Norby, Torrico, Tran


          RJG:nl  4/20/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

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