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CA SCR162

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Introduced

8/7/2018

Primary Sponsor

Janet Nguyen

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Origin

Senate

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Designates the intersection of State Route 39 and Bolsa Avenue in Westminster, Orange County as Vietnamese Boat People Memorial Intersection
  • Requests the Department of Transportation determine the cost of appropriate signs consistent with state highway system requirements for this special designation
  • Authorizes erection of signs upon receipt of donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost
  • Honors Vietnamese refugees who fled Vietnam after the fall of Saigon, with approximately half of those who attempted escape by boat perishing at sea
  • Recognizes the Vietnamese Boat People monument in Westminster Memorial Park's Asian Garden of Peaceful Eternity, which contains 54 stone blocks engraved with names of over 6,000 deceased boat people

Legislative Description

Vietnamese Boat People Memorial Intersection.

Last Action

Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

8/8/2018

Committee Referrals

Transportation and Housing8/8/2018
Rules8/7/2018

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