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          Date of Hearing:   June 7, 2010

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                   SCR 85 (Denham) - As Introduced:  March 9, 2010

           SENATE VOTE  :  33-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  State Routes (SR) 152 and 156

           SUMMARY  :  Designates the SR 152/156 interchange as the Joseph A.  
          Zanger Memorial Flyover.  Specifically,  this bill  :  

          1)Recounts the life and career of Joseph A. Zanger, one of the  
            founders of Casa de Fruta.  

          2)Designates the flyover ramp at the interchange of SRs 152 and  
            156 as the Joseph A. Zanger Memorial Flyover.  

          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 of operating  
          and maintaining state highways.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown.  This bill was withdrawn from the  
          Senate Appropriations Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.  

           COMMENTS  :   Joseph Zanger was born in 1927 in San Jose, and in  
          1943, his family founded the Casa de Fruta fruit stand to  
          complement the family's farming business in the area around  
          Pacheco Pass on SR 152.  The business operation grew over the  
          decades to include a restaurant, lodge, RV park, gift shop,  
          candy store, barnyard zoo, service station, and other facilities  
          in addition to the fruit stand. Casa de Fruta is located just  
          east of the SR 152/SR156 intersection.  

          Mr. Zanger helped to manage the family business, including its  
          orchard and Casa de Fruta operations. Over the years, he became  
          an advocate for improved transportation in the area.  He worked  








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          to better transportation safety including advocating for the SR  
          152/SR 156 flyover to improve safety at that intersection and  
          also to establish a better connection from that intersection to  
          SR 101 in Gilroy.  

          Mr. Zanger passed away on February 9, 2009.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          San Benito Council of County Governments
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file

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