Bill Text: CA AR36 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the California State Highway System.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-08-21 - Read. Adopted. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6074.). [AR36 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AR36-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: HR 36	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        AUGUST 7, 2012

   Relative to the California State Highway System.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
             HOUSE OR SENATE RESOLUTIONS DO NOT CONTAIN A DIGEST



   WHEREAS, August 7, 2012, marks the 100th anniversary of the
groundbreaking construction of the California State Highway System in
the City of San Bruno, in the County of San Mateo, and it is
appropriate to commemorate the anniversary of the commencement of the
California State Highway System in the County of San Mateo; and
   WHEREAS, The recognition of a statewide system of roadways can be
traced as far back as 1769, with the blazing of a trail that became
the King's Highway, El Camino Real, to facilitate travel between the
missions of California; and
   WHEREAS, On March 27, 1895, the Legislature created the Bureau of
Highways, which marked the beginning of a desire to establish a
statewide system of navigable roadways; and
   WHEREAS, The California State Highway System was established as a
state highway system by the State Highways Act of 1909, which was
ratified by the People of California on November 8, 1910. The
California Highway Commission was created to oversee highway
construction, maintenance, and control of a state highway system; and

   WHEREAS, State Highway Project No. 1 was awarded in 1912 by the
California Highway Commission, and construction began on August 7,
1912, by Commissioner Burton Towne in the County of San Mateo, in
front of historic Uncle Tom's Cabin, on Highway 1, on El Camino Real,
at the intersection of San Mateo Avenue and El Camino Real in the
City of San Bruno; and
   WHEREAS, Today the route that began as State Highway Project No.
1, through the County of San Mateo, is designated as State Highway
Route 82; and
   WHEREAS, Today the California State Highway System includes
15,181.36 miles of navigable roads, with more than 14 billion vehicle
miles of travel per month, and connecting centers of population
throughout the state; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
Assembly hereby commemorates the 100th anniversary of the
groundbreaking, in the County of San Mateo, of the California State
Highway System on August 7, 2012; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.