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          Date of Hearing:  June 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
                               Bonnie Lowenthal, Chair
                    SCR 85 (Correa) - As Amended:  March 19, 2014

           SENATE VOTE  :  35-0
           
          SUBJECT  :  Viet Dzung Human Rights Memorial Highway 

           SUMMARY  :  Designates a specific portion of State Route (SR) 39  
          in Orange County as the "Viet Dzung Human Rights Memorial  
          Highway."  Specifically,  this bill  : 

          1)Recounts the lifetime accomplishments of community activists  
            Viet Dzung.  

          2)Designates a portion of SR 39 between Interstate 405 and  
            Talbert Avenue in Orange County as the Viet Dzung Human Rights  
            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.  This includes the installation  
          and maintenance of highway signs.  

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

           COMMENTS  :  Born in Saigon in South Vietnam in 1958, Nguyen Ngoc  
          Hung Dung, as he was named, left his native country at the end  
          of the Vietnam war.  As a child Viet Dzung suffered a bout of  
          polio that resulted in his using crutches for much of his life.   
          When he arrived in the United States in 1976, Nguyen Ngoc Hung  
          Dung made his home in Orange County, where he became a pillar of  
          the Vietnamese-American community.  Using the name Viet Dzung,  
          "Hero of Vietnam," he succeeded as a musician, radio  
          personality, and well-known advocate for Vietnamese civil  
          rights.  Additionally, Mr. Dzung worked to encourage the  








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          Vietnamese American community to become involved in their  
          community and be engaged in local politics.  For example, Mr.  
          Dzung helped organize a "Rock the Vote" event in 1999 to  
          encourage Vietnamese Americans to register and vote in elections  
          - the campaign ultimately registered over 10,000 individuals.  

          Mr. Dzung died in December of last year at the age of 55 as the  
          result of heart disease. This bill designating a specific  
          portion of SR 39 in honor of Viet Dzung acknowledges the  
          significant role Mr. Dzung played in his local community.  

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees  
          (AFSCME) 
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file 

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :   Manny Leon / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093