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Bill No: ACR 156
Author: Weber (D), et al.
Amended: 6/17/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMMITTEE : 10-0, 8/5/14
AYES: DeSaulnier, Beall, Cannella, Galgiani, Hueso, Lara, Liu,
Pavley, Roth, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gaines
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 6/23/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge
SOURCE : Filipino American National Historical Society, San
Diego Chapter
DIGEST : This resolution designates an overpass in the City of
San Diego as the Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge.
ANALYSIS : By naming this overpass for Mr. Itliong and Mr.
Vera Cruz, this resolution seeks to memorialize their
contributions to the American labor movement and to the
Filipino-American farm worker community in particular.
The contributions of Mr. Itliong and Mr. Vera Cruz . Larry
Itliong was a Filipino-American labor leader and known as "one
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of the fathers of the West Coast labor movement." In 1956, he
founded the Filipino Farm Labor Union. On September 8, 1965,
Filipino farm workers organized by Itliong began the grape
strike that would lead them and Chicano farm workers led by
C�sar Ch�vez to join forces to create the nation's pioneering
agricultural labor union, which later came to be known as the
United Farm Workers. From his retirement in 1971 until his
death in 1977, Mr. Itliong dedicated his life to improving the
lives of retired Filipino farm workers and to a wide variety of
community and civic projects, many of which were related to the
Filipino-American community.
Philip Vera Cruz was a Filipino-American labor leader, a farm
worker, and a leader and activist for the Asian-American civil
rights movement. He was one of the founders of the Agricultural
Workers Organizing Committee, which later was part of the merger
that created the United Farm Workers. In 1965, Mr. Vera Cruz
was instrumental in encouraging C�sar Ch�vez's organization to
join the grape strike and boycott. From his retirement in 1977
to his death in 1994, Mr. Vera Cruz continued to support the
Filipino-American community and fight for workers' rights.
This resolution designates the overpass on South Woodman Street
that crosses State Route 54 in the City of San Diego as the
Itliong-Vera Cruz Memorial Bridge. This resolution further
requests that the Department of Transportation erect appropriate
signs upon receiving donations from non-state sources to cover
the costs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/11/14)
Filipino American National Historical Society, San Diego Chapter
(source)
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 6/23/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, 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,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
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Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron,
Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Logue, Nestande, Wilk, Vacancy
JA:k 8/11/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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