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CONSENT
Bill No: ACR 117
Author: Ting (D)
Amended: 5/28/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 6/10/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Gaines, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu,
Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Beall
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14 (Consent) - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Encroachment permit for a memorial in San Francisco
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution requests the Department of
Transportation (Caltrans) to issue an encroachment permit,
without charge, to enable an appropriate party to place a
memorial within the right-of-way of State Route 35 in San
Francisco.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires Caltrans to maintain and
operate state highways, including monuments and plaques placed
in the highway right-of-way. An encroachment permit allows
someone other than Caltrans to conduct activities, including
installing permitted structures, in the highway right-of-way.
Caltrans issues encroachment permits for the installation of
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billboards, mailboxes, fences, monuments, and other structures.
According to its Encroachment Permits Manual (EPM), Caltrans may
issue encroachment permits without charge in two instances. The
EPM states that public corporations, such as state and municipal
governments, are exempt from paying encroachment permit fees.
Alternatively, Caltrans administratively waives some
encroachment permit fees for particular markers, such as:
Adopt-A Highway Program signs.
United States and California State Flags.
Locally-funded project identification signs.
Native American Tribal Developments signs.
Memorial/historical plaques and Blue Star memorial highway
markers authorized by legislative resolution.
This resolution:
Requests Caltrans to issue an encroachment permit, without
charge, to enable an appropriate party to place a memorial in
memory of Hanren Chang within the vicinity of the pedestrian
beacon between Vale Avenue and Forest View Drive in the
right-of-way of State Route 35 in San Francisco.
Requires that the design and placement of the marquee be
consistent with Caltrans standards.
Requires that funding for the memorial be from non-state
funds.
Background
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On the evening of her seventeenth birthday, March 2, 2013, a
drunk driver struck and killed Lowell High School student Hanren
Chang on Sloat Boulevard near Forest View Drive in San
Francisco. The tragic circumstances of her death heightened
public awareness of the number of pedestrian fatalities along
Sloat Boulevard and across San Francisco. As a result, the city
has installed a number of pedestrian safety features near the
area of the incident, including a newly erected pedestrian
crossing beacon at the intersection of Sloat Boulevard and
Forest View Drive.
The author's office reports that a private party wishes to
dedicate the pedestrian crossing beacon in memory of Hanren
Chang and affix a memorial plaque. This resolution allows
Caltrans to provide an encroachment permit for this purpose
without charge.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/5/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan,
Patterson, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, John A.
P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hall, Logue, Mansoor, Melendez, Vacancy
JA:d 6/24/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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