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                                                                  ACR 179
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          Date of Hearing:   August 9, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
            ACR 179 (Solorio and John A. Perez) - As Introduced:  July 1,  
                                        2010
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Route 55

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a segment of State Route (SR) 55 as the  
          Paul Johnson Highway.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Paul Johnson, a longtime  
            weather and traffic reporter in Los Angeles.  

          2)Designates the southbound portion of SR 55 between Katella  
            Avenue and Chapman Avenue as the Paul Johnson Highway.  

          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 the cost, to erect those  
            signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate  
          and maintain state highways.  This includes the installation and  
          maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Unknown

           COMMENTS  :  Paul Johnson began his broadcasting career in the  
          1950s at a rock and roll station in Grand Forks, North Dakota.   
          After serving in the Army, he relocated to Los Angeles where he  
          appeared in movies, several opera productions, and numerous  
          television commercials.  

          Mr. Johnson began traffic reporting in 1982 on the radio at  
          several Los Angeles stations, including KNX, KZLA, KACE, KXEZ,  
          and KSRF.  Since 1988, had he been a part of KNBC's on-air team.  
           During his tenure with KNBC, he served as a weather and traffic  
          report anchor and contributor and delivered traffic information  
          daily to millions of southern Californians for 28 years.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   








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           Support 
           
          None on file

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093