BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: May 2, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
ACR 46 (Butler) - As Introduced: April 6, 2011
SUBJECT : State Route 1: Encroachment permit
SUMMARY : Requests the issuance of an encroachment permit to
allow the installation of a memorial monument on State Route
(SR) 1. Specifically, this bill :
1)Notes the history of Presidential Executive Order 9066 which
resulted in the forced the relocation of 120,000 Americans of
Japanese ancestry during World War II, more than a thousand of
whom were living in Venice, Santa Monica, and Malibu and who
reported to a location at Venice and Lincoln Boulevards with
only what they could carry, from where they were transported
directly to the Manzanar internment camp in Inyo County.
2)Declares that it is appropriate to commemorate this historical
event by the placing of a memorial monument on SR 1 in the
City of Los Angeles at the northwest corner of Venice and
Lincoln Boulevards.
3)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to issue
an encroachment permit to the Venice Japanese American
Memorial Marker Committee to enable the placement of a
suitable memorial monument on SR 1 in the City of Los Angeles
at the northwest corner of Venice and Lincoln Boulevards.
4)Requests that placement of the memorial marker be consistent
with Caltrans standards of the Department of Transportation
and that funding of the memorial be from nonstate funds.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to maintain
and operate state highways. This includes the issuance of
permits allowing the installation of signs and markers on those
highways.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : The author of this bill reports that it was requested
by the Venice Japanese American Memorial Marker Committee -
consisting of educators, newspaper publishers, artists, former
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internees, the Venice Arts Council and the Free Venice Beachhead
- so that Caltrans could issue an encroachment permit to enable
the placement of a privately-funded memorial marker at the
location where local Japanese-Americans were evacuated for
internment in the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor in
1941. Caltrans policy does not allow the issuance of permits
for these types of activities on state highway property unless
supported by a legislative resolution.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
Venice Culver Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League
Venice Heritage Foundation
Venice High School Alumni Association
Venice Neighborhood Council
West Los Angeles Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens
League
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093