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                                                                  ACR 165
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          Date of Hearing:   August 18, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                   ACR 165 (Waldron) - As amended:  August 14, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :  Memorial Highway Naming

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a portion of State Route (SR) 76 in San  
          Diego County as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.   
          Specifically,  this bill  : 

          1)Recounts the life and accomplishments of Joel Mendenhall.  

          2)Designates a portion of SR 76 in San Diego County as the Joel  
            Mendenhall Memorial Highway.

          3)Requests that the California Department of Transportation  
            (Caltrans) determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent  
            with the signing requirements for the state highway system,  
            showing the special designation and, upon receiving donations  
            from non-state sources covering that cost, to erect those  
            signs.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating  
          and maintaining state highways, including the installation and  
          maintenance of highway signs.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  Costs to make and erect the appropriate signs  
          are covered by donations.

           COMMENTS  :  Mr. Joel Mendenhall, son of Frank and Janice  
          Mendenhall, was a member of the Mendenhall family whose history  
          dates back to the first homesteaders of Palomar Mountain area.   
          Mr. Mendenhall was part owner of Homegrown Cattle Company,  
          Homegrown Meats, My Country Club hunting ranch, and La Jolla  
          Butcher Shop in La Jolla, California.  He was a quiet, friendly,  
          and resourceful man who was known as a cowboy and cattle  
          rancher.  Mr. Mendenhall was also known for his work ethic and  
          willingness to help those in need.  He was a rancher who was  
          comfortable on a horse, skilled at roping, and was good at  
          wielding a branding iron. Mr. Mendenhall was also a skilled  
          outdoorsman and devoted family man.  Mr. Mendenhall died in a  
          tragic ranching accident on September 2, 2013 at the age of 30  
          and is survived by his wife Jenna and his three young daughters.  








                                                                  ACR 165
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           This bill designates the portion of SR 76 between the junction  
          of County Road S6/Palomar Mountain Road and Rey River Ranch Road  
          as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.  

          In addition to this bill, SCR 87 (Anderson, 2014) seeks to name  
          an overlapping segment of SR 76 (from I-15 to SR 79) the Luise�o  
          Highway in acknowledgement of the role the Luise�o Indians  
          played in establishing the route.  There is precedent for double  
          naming of highways in the area given that SR-76 between I-5 and  
          I-15 is currently named the San Luis Rey Mission Expressway as  
          well as the Oceanside Police Officer Tony Zeppetella Memorial  
          Highway.  
          SCR 87 is scheduled to be heard in the Assembly Transportation  
          Committee.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          California Cattlemen's Association

           Opposition 
           
          None on file.
           

          Analysis Prepared by  :   Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-  
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