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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 165
Author: Fletcher (I), et al.
Amended: 8/15/12 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 8/20/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Chelsea King Memorial Bridge and the Amber
Dubois
Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution 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."
ANALYSIS : This resolution:
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 to determine
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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.
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.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/29/12)
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County of San Diego
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 8/20/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gorell, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hill, Huber, Hueso,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Olsen, Pan, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth,
Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Furutani, Gordon, Roger Hern�ndez, Norby
JJA:n 8/29/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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