Bill Text: CA ACR131 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Historic Highway Route 94.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 33, Statutes of 2010. [ACR131 Detail]

Download: California-2009-ACR131-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 131	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Anderson

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   Relative to Historic Highway Route 94.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 131, as introduced, Anderson. Historic Highway Route 94.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of Highway Route
94 in San Diego County as Historic Highway Route 94, and would
request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of
appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon
receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to
erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Highway Route 94 was previously known as Campo Road or
Old Route 200, which began as foot trails, and with great labor was
improved to accommodate wagons and stagecoaches and, until 1918, was
the main artery road from San Diego, California to Yuma, Arizona; and

   WHEREAS, In 1829, the trails provided access to the Jamul Rancho
owned by Governor Don Pio Pico; and
   WHEREAS, In the 1880s, Campo Road provided necessary and difficult
access for the backcountry pioneers to San Diego to sell their
products and secure needed supplies; and
   WHEREAS, The first telegraph line from San Diego to Arizona
followed the general route of Campo Road in 1874; and
   WHEREAS, The first horseless carriage trip on Campo Road from San
Diego to Campo and back was made in 1904 by John Gay of Lakeside; and

   WHEREAS, The early Campo Road was used by the United States
Military during the Mexican Revolution in 1911, during World War I,
and extensively during World War II for support of Camp Lockett
located in Campo; and
   WHEREAS, Camp Lockett was the last home of the famous Buffalo
Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry of the United States Army; and
   WHEREAS, On August 21, 1933, the title to Old Route 200 was
transferred to the State of California and renamed Highway Route 94;
and
   WHEREAS, The beginning of Highway Route 94 at the time of transfer
was in Lemon Grove at North Avenue and Imperial Avenue (now Lemon
Grove Avenue), continuing through Spring Valley, Jamul, Dulzura,
Cottonwood Grade, Potrero Grade, to Campo, then easterly along Campo
Creek and terminating at the junction of State Highway Route 12 at
White Star, a total distance of about 66 miles; and
   WHEREAS, Highway Route 94 is an important transportation corridor,
and has outstanding natural, cultural, historic, and scenic
qualities; and
   WHEREAS, It is therefore appropriate to recognize a portion of
Highway Route 94 for its historical significance and importance in
the development of California and to designate that portion as
Historic Highway Route 94; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates the
portion of Highway Route 94 from the junction of Jamacha Road in
Rancho San Diego to the eastern terminus at the junction with
Historic Highway Route 80 in Boulevard as Historic Highway Route 94;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the department is requested to determine the cost
of appropriate signs consistent with signing requirements for the
state highway system showing the special Historic Highway Route 94
designation, and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources for
that cost, to facilitate the erection of those signs at appropriate
locations on Highway Route 94; and be it further
   Resolved, That the designation of Historic Highway Route 94
pursuant to this resolution shall have no impact upon the future
planning or development of adjacent private and public properties;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Director of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.