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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2358
Author: Hagman (R), et al.
Amended: 8/23/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMM. : 12-0, 6/26/12
AYES: Wright, Anderson, Berryhill, Calderon, Cannella,
Corbett, De Le�n, Hernandez, Padilla, Walters, Wyland,
Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Evans
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 61-0, 5/25/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Ronald Reagan Statue
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the Ronald Reagan
Centennial Capitol Foundation (Foundation), in consultation
with the Department of General Services (DGS), to plan a
statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol Building
Annex. This bill requires DGS and the Foundation to
approve the design and any other aspect of the statue.
This bill requires that the planning, construction, and
maintenance of the statue be funded with private donations
through the Foundation. This bill prohibits construction
of the statue until the Joint Rules Committee has approved
and adopted the plan for the statue, and the Joint Rules
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Committee and the Department of Finance (DOF) have
determined that sufficient private funding is available to
construct and maintain the statue.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/24/12 remove DOF from the
planning aspect of the bill with the Foundation and replace
them with DGS, and make technical changes.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Establishes the State Capitol Park as a unit of the
state park system. The State Capitol Park is part of
the Capitol Historic Region of the state park system,
which also includes the State Capitol Museum and several
other historic state park units. The State Capitol Park
is a unit of the state park system but is managed by the
DGS.
2. Creates the DGS and gives DGS general authority for
planning, acquisition and maintenance of state buildings
and properties.
This bill:
1. Authorizes the Foundation, in consultation with the DGS,
to plan a statue of Ronald Reagan in the State Capitol
Building Annex.
2. Requires DGS, in consultation with the Foundation, to
review preliminary designs, ensure American with
Disabilities Act compliance, review and approve
California Environmental Quality Act documents, review
final construction documents, prepare the right-of-entry
permit as specified, prepare a maintenance agreement,
and inspect the construction performed by the contractor
selected by the Foundation.
3. Requires the Foundation, if it elects to undertake
responsibility for construction of the statue, to, in
consultation with DGS, establish a schedule, solicit
designs, and establish a program for the dedication of
the statue.
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4. Requires the design and all other aspects of the statue
to be approved by DGS and the Foundation.
5. Prohibits construction of the statue until the Joint
Rules Committee has approved and adopted the plan for
the statue, and the Joint Rules Committee and the DOF
have determined that sufficient private funding is
available to construct and maintain the statue.
6. Requires that the planning, construction and maintenance
of the statue be funded exclusively through private
donations to the Foundation.
7. Requires the Foundation, if it elects to undertake
responsibility for construction of the statue, to sign a
maintenance agreement with the state to maintain the
statue with private contributions.
The author has introduced this bill to honor President
Ronald Reagan. The author states that "President Ronald
Reagan is an American icon who spent the beginning of his
political career making decisions in the California State
Capitol. President Reagan remains one of the most
influential leaders in both our state and country's history
and deserves to be honored for his significant political
presence in California's Capitol. In state capitols across
the country, memorials stand in tribute to past presidents.
President Jimmy Carter welcomes guests at Georgia's
capitol; Lyndon B. Johnson stands tall at the Texas capitol
in Austin; and John F. Kennedy is presented in front of
Boston's state house. There have been forty-four United
States presidents, and precisely one of them has lived in
Sacramento and governed the state of California. The
fortieth president of the United States deserves to be
honored with a statue in the golden state's capitol. AB
2358 is an important step toward honoring the only governor
of California to become president of the United States."
This bill is similar to other existing statutes giving
authority for construction of other memorials in the State
Capitol Park. Other authorized memorials include a Crime
Victims Memorial, a Purple Heart Memorial, a California
Search and Rescue Volunteers Memorial, and a Genocide
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Survivors Memorial. Each of these authorizing statutes,
like this bill, makes construction of the memorial
contingent on receipt of private funding.
Prior/Related Legislation
AB 767 (John A. Perez) would have created the "State
Capitol Sustainability Task Force" consisting of
seven-members (two each appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly, the Senate Rules Committee, and the Governor and
one appointed by the Lieutenant Governor) to develop and
implement a sustainability initiative for the State Capitol
Building, the Legislative Office Building and the State
Capitol Park grounds. The bill was vetoed.
AB 1652 (Olsen, 2012) authorizes the construction and
maintenance of a memorial in the Capitol Historic Region to
honor California American Portuguese veterans. The bill is
in the Assembly Unfinished Business file.
AB 1911 (Garrick), Chapter 121, Statutes of 2010,
established, until January 1, 2012, the Ronald Reagan
Centennial Commission in state government to celebrate the
100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth. Also, required
the Commission to recommend appropriate means to allow
Californians to celebrate Ronald Reagan's life by honoring,
promoting, and remembering his achievements for this state
and country. Additionally, prohibited the Commission from
using public funds.
SB 963 (Strickland, 2010) would have authorized the
construction of a memorial statue to Ronald Reagan in the
Capitol Historic Region and would have required that the
planning, construction, and maintenance of the memorial be
funded solely through private donations. The bill was held
in Senate Rules Committee.
AB 2871 (Tran, 2008) would have created, until January 1,
2016, an 11-member "California Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
and American Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission" to plan
and implement activities to be carried out in the state in
observance of the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth
(in 2009) and the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The
bill was vetoed by the Governor whose message read as
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follows, "The historic delay in passing the 2008-2009 State
Budget has forced me to prioritize the bills sent to my
desk at the end of the year's legislative session. Given
the delay, I am only signing bills that are the highest
priority for California. This bill does not meet that
standard and I cannot sign it at this time."
SJR 3 (Hollingsworth), Chapter 143, Statutes of 2006,
memorialized Congress to place a statue of former President
Ronald Reagan next to the statue of Father Junipero Serra
in the Congressional collection representing California.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/23/12)
California Republican Party
Elmets Communications
Former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese III
Michael Reagan, President, Ronald Reagan Legacy Foundation
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library
Tehama County Republican Party
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 61-0, 5/25/12
AYES: Achadjian, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla,
Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon,
Campos, Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth
Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gorell, Hagman,
Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal,
Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Morrell, Nestande,
Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner,
Williams, Yamada
NO VOTE RECORDED: Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bill
Berryhill, Cedillo, Fletcher, Gordon, Grove, Hall,
Knight, Lara, Ma, Monning, Perea, Silva, Skinner,
Wieckowski, John A. P�rez
DLW:km 8/24/12 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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