Amended  IN  Assembly  March 28, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 157

Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

March 09, 2022

Relative to the Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


ACR 157, as amended, Salas. Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway.
This measure would designate an unspecified portion of state highway a specified portion of State Highway Route 198 in the City of Hanford in the County of Kings as the Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway. The measure would request that the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
Fiscal Committee: YES  
WHEREAS, It is the intent of the Legislature to honor the memory of Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias by designating a portion of state highway in his name; now, therefore, be it United States Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias of Hanford, California, was killed in action on March 11, 2020, in a rocket attack on Camp Taji, Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Mendez Covarrubias was assigned to 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas; and
WHEREAS, Mendez Covarrubias entered the United States Army in June 2018 as a signal support systems specialist; and
WHEREAS, In March 2019, Mendez Covarrubias had been assigned to 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood; and
WHEREAS, Mendez Covarrubias deployed in support of the Inherent Resolve mission in October, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Mendez Covarrubias’ battalion commander recognized him as a “cherished” member of the unit; and
WHEREAS, Specialist Mendez Covarrubias was a true warrior who will forever be remembered by all who knew him; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That the Legislature hereby designates an unspecified portion of state highway the portion of State Highway Route 198, between 10th Avenue and 12th Avenue in the City of Hanford in the County of Kings as the Army Specialist Juan Miguel Mendez Covarrubias Memorial Highway; and be it further
Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs; 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.