BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: SCR 4
Author: DeSaulnier (D), et al
Amended: 3/24/09
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM : 11-0, 3/31/09
AYES: Lowenthal, Huff, Ashburn, DeSaulnier, Harman,
Hollingsworth, Kehoe, Oropeza, Pavley, Simitian, Wolk
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Senator Daniel E. Boatwright Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates State Highway Route
(SR) 680 between the Benicia-Martinez Bridge in Contra
Costa County and SR 24 in the City of Walnut Creek as the
Senator Daniel E. Boatwright Highway.
ANALYSIS : Senator Daniel E. Boatwright was born in
Harrison, Arkansas. At a young age he moved with his
family to California, where he attended public schools in
the City of Vallejo. He served in the U.S. Army in Korea
as an infantryman, and he attended Vallejo Junior College
where he showed early signs of distinction with his service
as chairman of the student council and, eventually, as
chairman of the California Community Colleges Student
Council Association. After transferring to the University
of California at Berkeley, Dan Boatwright received both his
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Bachelor of Arts degree and a law degree there. He served
as a deputy district attorney in Contra Costa County,
eventually becoming the chief trial deputy under then
District Attorney John Nejedly.
In 1980, after eight years of service in the State
Assembly, Dan Boatwright was first elected to the Seventh
District of the California State Senate, where he served
for 16 years. During his 24 years of service in the State
Legislature, Senator Boatwright authored more than 350 laws
and held several prominent committee chairmanships in each
house, including the Assembly and Senate Revenue and
Taxation Committees, the Assembly Ways and Means Committee,
and the Senate Appropriations Committee.
From 1982 through 1992, Senator Boatwright worked
tirelessly with Caltrans, the California Transportation
Commission, and the Department of Finance to secure funding
and accelerate the construction and completion of SR 680
lane additions and the SR 680 and SR 24 interchange in
Contra Costa County.
This resolution designates SR 680 between the
Benicia-Martinez Bridge in Contra Costa County and SR 24 in
the City of Walnut Creek as the Daniel E. Boatwright
Highway. The resolution further requests Caltrans to erect
appropriate signs upon receiving donations from non-state
sources to cover the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 4/21/09)
American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees
City of Pittsburg
JA:nl 4/21/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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