Amended in Senate May 28, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 117

Introduced by Assembly Member Ting

March 4, 2014

Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 117—Relative to the Hanren Chang Memorial.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

ACR 117, as amended, Ting. Hanren Chang Memorial.

This measure would request the Department of Transportation to grant, without charge, an encroachment permit or permits, if required, authorizing an appropriate memorial plaque, funded by nonstate sources, to be placed within the right-of-way of State Highway Route 35 within the vicinity of the pedestrian beacon between Vale Avenue and Forest View Drive in San Francisco in memory of Hanren Chang.

Fiscal committee: yes.

WHEREAS, Hanren Chang was born on March 2, 1996, in Daly
City, and grew up in the City and County of San Francisco; and

WHEREAS, Hanren Chang attended Lowell High School in
San Francisco and was an avid runner on the track and
cross-country teams; and

WHEREAS, Hanren Chang was loved and respected by her
family and friends and was known as a selfless and loving person;
and

WHEREAS, On the evening of her birthday, March 2, 2013,
Hanren Chang was the victim of a car accident that occurred under
tragic circumstances involving begin delete an alleged end delete begin insert a end insert drunk driver on State
Highway Route 35, also known as Sloat Boulevard, near Forest
View Drive in San Francisco; and

WHEREAS, Hanren Chang’s death has affected and touched
the lives of many people, increased the call for pedestrian safety
improvements along State Highway Route 35 in San Francisco,
and heightened public awareness of the number of pedestrian
fatalities in San Francisco; and

WHEREAS, Hanren Chang continues to be remembered for her
sense of humor, laughter, and begin delete smile, end delete begin insert smile end insert and is survived by her
parents and one sister; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Department of Transportation is
requested to grant, without charge, an encroachment permit or
permits, if required, authorizing an appropriate memorial plaque,
funded by nonstate sources, to be placed within the right-of-way
of State Highway Route 35 within the vicinity of the pedestrian
beacon between Vale Avenue and Forest View Drive in San
Francisco in memory of Hanren Chang, for view by pedestrians;
and be it further

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Resolved, That the design and placement of the Memorial
plaque shall be consistent with the standards of the Department
of Transportation; and be it further

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Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
of this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the
author for appropriate distribution.