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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 165
Author: Waldron (R)
Amended: 8/30/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/21/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This resolution designates a portion of State Route
(SR) 76 in San Diego County as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial
Highway.
ANALYSIS : 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.
This bill designates the portion of SR 76 between the junction
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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.
This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
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
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.
This resolution designates a portion of SR 76 in San Diego
County as the Joel Mendenhall Memorial Highway.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/21/14
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,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Holden, Jones,
Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
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,
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Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hern�ndez, Jones-Sawyer, Vacancy
JA:nl 8/29/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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