BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE BILL NO: SCR 102
SENATOR MARK DESAULNIER, CHAIRMAN AUTHOR: yee
VERSION: 8/8/12
Analysis by: Carrie Cornwell
FISCAL:yes
Hearing date: August 14, 2012
SUBJECT:
Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway
DESCRIPTION:
This resolution names the portion of State Highway Route (SR) 1
between SR 84 and Verde Road/Lobitos Creek Road in San Mateo
County as the Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway.
ANALYSIS:
The committee has adopted a policy regarding the naming of state
highways or structures. Under the policy, the committee will
consider only those resolutions that meet all of the following
criteria:
The person being honored must have provided
extraordinary public service or some exemplary contribution
to the public good and have a connection to the community
where the highway is located.
The person being honored must be deceased.
The naming must be done without cost to the state.
Costs for signs and plaques must be paid by local or
private sources.
The author or co-author of the resolution must represent
the district in which the facility is located and the
resolution must identify the specific highway segment or
structure being named.
The segment of highway being named must not exceed five
miles in length.
The proposed designation must reflect a community
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consensus and be without local opposition.
The proposed designation may not supersede an existing
designation unless the sponsor can document that a good
faith effort has uncovered no opposition to rescinding the
prior designation.
This resolution designates the portion of SR 1 from San Gregorio
Road/SR 84 to Verde Road/Lobitos Creek Road in San Mateo County
as the Ranger Patricia M. Scully Memorial Highway. The
resolution further requests that the Department of
Transportation erect appropriate signs upon receiving donations
from non-state sources to cover the costs.
COMMENTS:
1.Purpose . The author introduced this resolution to honor the
life and public service of Patricia M. Scully.
2.Background on Ranger Patricia M. Scully . Born in Sacramento
and raised on a ranch in Rio Linda, Patricia Scully graduated
from Rio Linda High School in 1969 and from California State
University, Sacramento in 1974. She served as a ranger in the
California Parks and Recreation Service, later renamed the
Department of Parks and Recreation, from 1974 until her death
in the line of duty in 1976. Stationed at Pescadero State
Park, Ranger Scully was patrolling the state beaches on Half
Moon Bay on May 6, 1976 when a drunk driver's vehicle hit her
patrol vehicle head-on. Patricia M. Scully was survived by
her parents, four sisters, one brother, and her fianc�e, a
fellow park ranger. She was 25 years old when she died.
After her death, her friends and family set up a memorial fund
with the National Audubon Society that each year sends people
working in environmentally related fields to Audubon training
workshops.
3.Consistent with the committee's policy . This resolution is
consistent with all of the provisions of the committee's
policy on highway designations.
POSITIONS: (Communicated to the committee before noon on
Friday, August 10, 2012.)
SUPPORT: Stephen G. Barber, State Park Peace Officer
Hon. Don Horsley, San Mateo Board of Supervisors
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OPPOSED: None received.