BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 14, 2012
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
ACR 165 (Fletcher) - As Introduced: August 6, 2012
SUBJECT : State Route 15
SUMMARY : Designates the State Route (SR) 15 bridge over Lake
Hodges in San Diego as the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the life of Chelsea King and the tragic circumstances
of her death.
2)Designates the SR 15 bridge over Lake Hodges in San Diego as
the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge.
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 that cost, to erect those
signs.
EXISTING LAW : Assigns Caltrans the responsibility to maintain
and operate state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Chelsea King was an avid cross country runner, a
gifted student, and a loving daughter and sister. She 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.
On February 25, 2010, as a 17-year-old Poway High School
student, Chelsea King disappeared after going for a run in
Rancho Bernardo Park in San Diego County. After a search by law
enforcement and thousands of citizen search volunteers, her body
was found near Lake Hodges, and it was determined her life had
been tragically taken by a violent sex offender. A man who was
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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.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093