BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 165 (Fletcher)
As Amended August 15, 2012
Majority vote
TRANSPORTATION 12-0 APPROPRIATIONS 16-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Gatto, Harkey, |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Ammiano, Blumenfield, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Buchanan, Eng, Furutani, | |Davis, Donnelly, Fuentes, |
| |Galgiani, Miller, | |Hall, Hill, Cedillo, |
| |Portantino, Solorio | |Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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| | |Nays:|Norby |
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SUMMARY : Designates the State Route (SR) 15 bridge over Lake
Hodges in San Diego as the Chelsea King Memorial Bridge and a
segment of SR 78 as the Amber Dubois Memorial Highway.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Recounts the lives of Chelsea King and Amber Dubois and the
tragic circumstances of their deaths.
2)Designates the SR 15 bridge over Lake Hodges as the Chelsea
King Memorial Bridge.
3)Designates SR 78 between Old Milky Way and West Zoo Road as
the Amber Dubois Memorial Highway.
4)Requests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to
determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the
signing requirements for the state highway system showing
these special designations 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.
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FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor costs to Caltrans to make and erect appropriate
signs; sign costs are covered by donations.
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
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.
Amber Dubois was a stellar student with straight As and perfect
attendance, a voracious reader, and a loving daughter and sister
who will always be remembered by her community for her kind and
compassionate heart and strong love of animals, especially
wolves, whether for her desire to raise a lamb or her active
involvement in Future Farmers of America. As a 14-year-old
Escondido High School student, she disappeared on her way to
school the morning of February 13, 2009. After an intensive
search by law enforcement, friends, and family across Southern
California, Amber Dubois' body was found near Pala. It was
determined that, tragically, her life had been taken by a
violent sex offender.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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