BILL ANALYSIS �
SCR 80
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SENATE THIRD READING
SCR 80 (Fuller)
As Introduced March 28, 2012
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE :33-0
TRANSPORTATION 13-1 APPROPRIATIONS 16-1
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|Ayes:|Bonnie Lowenthal, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Jeffries, Achadjian, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Blumenfield, Bonilla, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Buchanan, Eng, Furutani, | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| |Galgiani, Logue, Miller, | |Hall, Hill, Lara, |
| |Portantino, Solorio | |Mitchell, Nielsen, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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|Nays:|Norby |Nays:|Norby |
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SUMMARY : Designates an interchange on State Route (SR) 14 as the
Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial Interchange. Specifically,
this bill :
1)Recounts the life and career of Joseph C. Lopez, a Marine Corps
member who lost his life in the service of his country.
2)Designates the Rosamond Boulevard Interchange of SR 14 in the City
of Rosamond as the Lance Corporal Joseph C. Lopez Memorial
Interchange.
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 the cost, to erect those signs.
EXISTING LAW assigns Caltrans the responsibility to operate and
maintain state highways. This includes the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee,
minor State Highway Account costs to Caltrans to make and erect
appropriate signs; sign costs are covered by donations.
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COMMENTS : Joseph C. Lopez enlisted in the Marine Corps in March
2009, and was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st
Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton.
Lance Corporal Lopez was deployed to the Sangin district of the
Helmand province of Afghanistan in late September 2010, with his
unit. On October 14, 2010, he had returned safely to his Marine
camp, after successfully patrolling an area of responsibility for
more than 20 hours on foot. Lance Corporal Lopez's team was then
dispatched to a nearby location to assist a Marine unit taking heavy
fire. Tragically, at the young age of 26, he was killed by an
improvised explosive device during that combat operation in Helmand
province.
In 2011, Lance Corporal Lopez's family and church established an
inaugural annual five kilometer run in remembrance of him, in which
members of his Marine unit participated, all proceeds of which are
donated to the Wounded Warriors Project and church youth programs.
Analysis Prepared by : Howard Posner / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093 FN:
0004677