BILL ANALYSIS
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 107 (Wright)
As Amended August 26, 2010
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :33-0
RULES 10-0
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|Ayes:|Skinner, Gaines, Adams, | | |
| |Caballero, Gatto, Hagman, | | |
| |Lieu, Mendoza, Saldana, | | |
| |Silva | | |
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SUMMARY : Designates a portion of State Highway Route 91, as the
Rudolph B. Davila Memorial Interchange. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Rudolph B. Davila, a World War
II Medal of Honor recipient who went on to spend 30 years as a
teacher and counselor in the Los Angeles City School District.
2)Designates the westbound portion of State Highway Route 91
between Central Avenue and Figueroa Street, in the City of
Carson, as the Rudolph B. Davila 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 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 : The author introduced this resolution to recognize
the heroism and courage demonstrated by Rudolph B. Davila during
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World War II. During the Great Depression, he worked as part of
the Civilian Conservation Corps to restore the California
Missions. Mr. Davila served in the United States Army as a
staff sergeant stationed in Europe during World War II. His
service included heroic acts that prevented a 130-man American
rifle company from being slaughtered in a German ambush in
Italy. Fifty-six years later, Mr. Davila, who was of Filipino
and Spanish descent, received the Medal of Honor for his bravery
during that battle from President Bill Clinton at a Whitehouse
ceremony in which 21 other Asian Americans also received this
highest commendation.
Mr. Davila was badly injured in a later battle in France in
1944, and he received a Purple Heart. Over the next six years,
he underwent 13 operations to address those injuries, though his
right arm was never fully restored. He met his wife, Harriet,
at a military hospital in California during those treatments.
Mr. Davila went on to earn both a bachelor's degree and a
master's degree in sociology from the University of Southern
California. He then spent 30 years as a teacher and counselor
in the Los Angeles city schools. Mr. Davila died in 2002, in
Vista, California.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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