BILL NUMBER: ACR 165	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fletcher

                        AUGUST 6, 2012

   Relative to the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 165, as introduced, Fletcher. Chelsea King Memorial Bridge.
   This measure would designate a specified bridge on State Highway
Route 15 in San Diego County as the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge. The
measure would request the Department of Transportation to determine
the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and,
upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Chelsea King, a 17-year-old Poway High School student,
disappeared after going for a run in Rancho Bernardo Park in San
Diego County on February 25, 2010; and
   WHEREAS, After a search by law enforcement and thousands of
citizen search volunteers, Chelsea King's body was found near Lake
Hodges, and it was determined her life had been tragically taken by a
violent sex offender; and
   WHEREAS, A man who was convicted of violently molesting a
13-year-old in 2000, but was freed after only five years in prison,
has pled guilty to the crime; and
   WHEREAS, Chelsea King will always be remembered by her community
for her compassionate heart and positive spirit, whether for helping
plan a prom for developmentally disabled youth, packing relief boxes
for those in need in Africa, or serving as a peer counselor at her
school; and
   WHEREAS, Chelsea King was an avid cross country runner, a gifted
student, and a loving daughter and sister, whose life was untimely
and tragically ended; and
   WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate to designate the State
Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15) bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego
County in the memory of Chelsea King; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the State Highway Route 15 (Interstate 15)
bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego County is hereby designated as
the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is hereby
requested 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 that cost, to erect those signs; and be
it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.