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          Date of Hearing:  June 14, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                  ACR 172 (Villines) - As Introduced:  June 1, 2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route 180

           SUMMARY  :  Designates an interchange on State Route (SR) 180 as  
          the Ernest N. Mobley Memorial Interchange.  Specifically,  this  
          bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Ernest N. Mobley, a member of  
            the State Assembly who represented portions of Madera, Fresno,  
            and Tulare Counties in the 1960's and 1970's.  

          2)Designates the SR 180 interchange at Temperance Avenue in the  
            City of Fresno as the Ernest N. Mobley Memorial Interchange.  

          3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to  
            determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the  
            signing requirements for the state highway system, showing  
            this special designation and, upon receiving donations from  
            nonstate sources sufficient to cover that cost, to erect those  
            signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  Ernest N. Mobley was a veteran of World War II who  
          served in five major campaigns across Europe and received the  
          Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star  
          with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.  He was in the  
          Army National Guard after World War II and in 1972 he was  
          commanding officer of the 175th Medical Group in Sacramento.  

          Mr. Mobley served in the California State Assembly from 1966  
          through 1976, where he watched over Sacramento-San Joaquin  
          Valley interests from the powerful Ways and Means Committee.   
          Among his top concerns were agriculture and water issues.  One  
          of his biggest legislative accomplishments was assisting in the  
          completion of SR 41 by, in 1976, bringing attention to the need  








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          to complete the construction project.  Before becoming an  
          Assembly Member, Mr. Mobley was involved in public service,  
          including serving as Fresno County's administrative officer and  
          as the city manager of the City of Santa Monica.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :  

           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           

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